Gripping device having a switching module

A gripping device with carriages (100, 101) or swivel arms carrying gripping elements (1, 2),

• wherein the carriages (100, 101) or swivel arms are mounted and guided in a base body (10) and can be driven by at least one cylinder-piston unit (120) between an open position and a closed position,
• wherein an electrically controllable switching module (70) accommodated in a module housing (71) is attached to the base body (10),
• wherein the module housing (71) has at least one pressure-medium connection (245) and at least one electrical connection (157), the electrical connection comprising both load lines and control lines,
• wherein the switching module (70) contains within the module housing (71) and jointly mounted to the base body (10)
• at least one electrically controllable valve (200, 201) switching a pressure medium and
• at least one electronic computer and memory module (150) for converting external and internal control signals and for evaluating them,
• wherein the internal control signals originate from at least one sensor (155, 180), which detects at least one physical parameter from the carriage or carriages (100, 101) and/or from the cylinder-piston unit (120), at least in or on the base body (10) or in the module housing (71), and
• wherein the switching module (70) can be separated from the base body (10) without disassembling the at least one electrically controllable valve (200, 201) and the at least one electronic computer and memory module (150).