Case Study
Plastic Cap Feeder
Bellco designed and manufactured a vibratory bowl feeding system to feed cylindrical plastic caps into an automated assembly machine.
The Challenge
Bellco designed and manufactured this vibratory bowl feeding system to quickly, 75 parts per minute, orient and feed a cylindrical plastic cap from bulk. Because of the speed required, Bellco also designed a long air-fed linear track to create an accumulating buffer of parts. At the end of the linear track was a custom parts escapement to present one part at a time to an automated machine assembly process.
The Solution
This vibratory feeder bowl system included
- Custom welded and painted steel legs
- Bulk parts hopper
- A long vibratory linear feeding track with air assist
- Shortage stop sensing
- Three sets of variable frequency, intelligent digital controllers
Full System Overview
- Hopper Capacity: 60 minute unattended run time
- Custom welded and painted steel legs
- Bulk parts hopper
- A long vibratory linear feeding track with air assist
- Shortage stop sensing
- Three sets of variable frequency, intelligent digital controllers
The Build
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