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  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/agi-automation.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
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      "use_cases": [
        "Assembly",
        "Packaging",
        "Loading and unloading",
        "Part transfer"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "Aerospace",
        "Automotive",
        "Appliance",
        "Electronics",
        "Medical",
        "Packaging"
      ]
    },
    "itha": "0.1",
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        "city": "Trumbull",
        "region": "CT",
        "country": "US"
      },
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      "name": "American Grippers Inc.",
      "domain": "agi-automation.com",
      "founded": 1964,
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    },
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        "name": "Pneumatic Grippers",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Parallel and angular pneumatic grippers in 2-jaw, 3-jaw, and single-jaw configurations, in standard, low-profile, and miniature sizes, manufactured in the USA in imperial and metric versions.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "end_effector",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
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        "url": "https://www.agi-automation.com/product-category/linear-actuators/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Linear Actuators",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Pneumatic linear actuators including mini slides, base power slides, long-stroke rodless actuators, and thruster slides, using precision ball bearings riding on hardened ground shafts.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "linear_actuator",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "rotary-actuators",
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Pneumatic Rotary Actuators",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Pneumatic rotary actuators with 45, 90, or 180 degree rotation, zero-backlash construction, and built-in adjustable hard stops, offered in five sizes (AGR-1 to AGR-5).",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "rotary_actuator",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "feed-escapements",
        "url": "https://www.agi-automation.com/product-category/feed-escapements/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Feed Escapements",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Pneumatic feed escapements that separate and isolate individual parts from tracks, vibratory feeders, or conveyors, offered in three sizes (AGE-1 to AGE-3) with optional Hall effect position sensors.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "feed_escapement",
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
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        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Robotic Tool Changers",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "Pneumatic robotic tool changers that couple via an air cylinder and pass through electrical, pneumatic, and water connections, for clean room, electronic assembly, SMT, and small-parts applications.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "end_effector",
            "applications": [
              "assembly",
              "material_removal"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "load-limiters-collision-sensors",
        "url": "https://www.agi-automation.com/product-category/load-limiters/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Load Limiters and Collision Sensors",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "summary": "End-of-arm devices that mount between robot wrists and tooling to protect the robot during overload conditions and collisions, using pneumatically adjustable variable trip points.",
        "channels": [
          "direct"
        ],
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "sensor",
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "repeatability_mm": {
              "max": 0.0254
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://www.agi-automation.com/contact-us/",
      "email": "info@agi-automation.com",
      "phone": "+1-203-459-8345",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "extensions": {
      "robotics": {
        "roles": [
          "component_manufacturer"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
  }
}