This vibratory feed system includes a laser inspection station, a bowl level sensor, a track sensor, and a sorting indexer. Parts with an incorrect length are rejected while the correct parts are oriented threads-up in groups of 4.
Robotics Increase Output of Flexible Part Feeding Solutions
The Performance Feeders Flex-Feeding platform is a revolutionary system that integrates robotics with our standard feeding solutions to increase output and improve accuracy as products are fed into your production system. These systems are easily re-tooled to match your next generation of product, bringing a new level of flexibility to your assembly line and lowering the upfront costs of redesigning an older product line or introducing a new one.
Count and Batch Packaging Conveyor Belt-Vibratory Bowl System
This custom feed system featured a vibratory bowl, designed to orient various sizes of bearing cages while also sorting and rejecting mixed product, and a count and batch conveyor which counted a pre-set number of selected product into the customer’s bulk packaging. The system required a vibratory feeder bowl with tooling designed for multiple products, a custom conveyor tooled to count product at its exit, a roller conveyor to stage the customer’s packaging, and programmable counting electronics to allow the customer to pre-set a package quantity which varied from product to product.
Vibratory Feeder with Gentle Parts Handling Features Minimizes Damage
This Brushlon-lined vibratory bowl feeding system was designed to feed two lengths of a polished steel shaft being assembled into a consumer product. Maintaining the cosmetic integrity of the parts was of utmost importance, so we designed a vibratory feed system that minimized the possibility of damage to the parts.
Turn-Key Vibratory Feeder With Bad Part Reject Feeds 2 Part Types into Assembly Line.
This vibratory feeder with custom conveyor belt tracking was designed to feed 2 styles of plastic parts into a consumer appliance assembly operation. The application required 4 lines of parts (2 lines of a left-hand version and 2 lines of a right-hand version), with each line alternating between the left-hand and right-hand part version. Each bowl feeder had to allow for the possibility of the wrong part being in the system, and an isolation mechanism was required so that 2 parts could be picked up from each line simultaneously.
Vibratory Feeder With Integrated Optical Inspection System Orients Parts Based On Internal Features
This vibratory feed system was designed to feed a metal washer into a machine assembling a consumer product. While flat, round parts like washers are normally easy to feed, this part had a small indentation on one side that needed to be oriented facing down. A Vision System checked the part for correct orientation before discharging it onto a straight-line track and into the customer’s assembly station.
10-Line Vibratory Feeder System for Medical Manufacturing
This vibratory feeder was designed to feed three different styles of cylindrical plastic parts being assembled into a medical product. The parts were all the same diameter with slightly different heights. Four lines of parts ran out of the bowls then were merged into two lines feeding a vibratory track.
Vibratory Bowl Feeder with Optical Inspection System
This application required feeding 3 different lengths of a small steel shaft into a centerless grinding machine. Parts were oriented in the vibratory bowl and monitored for 100% accuracy by a vision system. Parts were discharged onto an Auto-Kinetics belt conveyor which moved the parts into our customer’s centerless grinding machine.
Vibratory Floating Mandrel Feed System Feeds Thin Metallic Washers
This system was designed for a consumer products manufacturer to feed two types of washers: A wavy spring washer and a fiber washer. Vibratory bowl feeders were used to orient both parts, and the feed systems were mounted on a common table to save space and cost.
Vibratory Feeder for Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications
This vibratory bowl feeder system was designed to orient and feed 7 different types of plastic bottles into a pharmaceutical filling and packaging system. The bowl was built with FDA-grade 316 stainless steel. To ensure that all bowl surfaces were smooth, pit-free and resistant to dust collection.