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Parallel-gripper friction hold

Inputs

User-entered payload mass for the stated friction-only vertical hold screen.
User-entered upward acceleration magnitude; trajectory and dynamic shock are excluded.
User-entered friction coefficient strictly greater than 0 through 1; contact behavior is not predicted.
Count of equally sharing parallel grip contacts for literal per-jaw force arithmetic.
User-entered multiplier used only in the visible friction-hold arithmetic; it is not a safety approval.

Results

Declared vertical payload load

21.613

Declared total normal gripping force

216.13

Literal normal-force share per jaw

108.07

Declared force multiplier

2

Fgrip = m(g + a)·S/μ; Fj = Fgrip/z

A first-pass number, not a code check, certification, or approval. Read the method and its limits below. What this is and is not.

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Method

Formula, when it applies, and when it does not

Calculate friction-only vertical-hold normal force and per-jaw force share from payload, acceleration, friction, jaw count, and multiplier inputs.

Fgrip = m(g + a)·S/μ; Fj = Fgrip/z

When

  • Parallel friction grip
  • Vertical declared acceleration
  • Uniform stated jaw-force sharing
  • User-entered friction and multiplier

Don’t

  • This applies a declared friction-only vertical-hold relation for equally sharing parallel grip contacts. It does not select a gripper, jaw, pad, pressure, or actuator; calculate contact geometry/stress, lateral or moment loads, compliance, force curves, dynamic shock, payload security, safety, suitability, or approval.
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