by Fortville Feeders | Mar 4, 2021 | Featured, Tracking Systems
Problem: A medical liquids bottler had a capping machine that used a Fortville Feeders designed parts feeder. The bottler made some changes to their bottling automation and needed a system that fed two lines instead of one. They approached Fortville Feeders to...
by Fortville Feeders | Feb 12, 2021 | Escapements and Mechanisms, Featured
Problem: An integrator was building an automated assembly system for a manufacturing customer. They needed a parts feeder for a heavy metal fastener that was picked up by a robotic arm and assembled. There were two issues of concern. First, the part had to be...
by Fortville Feeders | Jan 15, 2021 | Escapements and Mechanisms, Featured
Problem: A packaging manufacturer for disinfectant wipes needed to develop a new feeder system to handle their double seal lids. Demand for the product made it necessary to build a new line. The plastic lids were required to be fed at a high rate to the customer’s...
by Fortville Feeders | Nov 13, 2020 | Featured, Tracking Systems
Problem: The manufacturer of hand sanitizer bottles desired a single feeder system for multiple foaming pump nozzles for their automated bottling assembly station. They had five different pump nozzles that were of different sizes and geometries. Some of these pump...
by Fortville Feeders | Oct 20, 2020 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem: A manufacturer of auto engine components was having trouble finding enough qualified laborers to assemble their solenoid housing units. They wished to automate the pre-welding assembly of two parts. These had previously been hand assembled before being picked...
by Fortville Feeders | Sep 29, 2020 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem: The customer was an integrator working for a manufacturer of heavy truck axles. They needed a parts feeder system for their assembly automation that would be able to handle three different axle studs. Each was of a different length. Each of the studs had a...
by Kevin Yaney | Aug 25, 2020 | High Speed Feeder Bowls, Tracking Systems
Problem: An integrator was building an assembly and labeling automation system for a medical packaging company. The high-speed system labeled vials and capped them before being filled. The customer needed two feeder systems; one for the vials and one for the caps,...
by Fortville Feeders | Aug 11, 2020 | Escapements and Mechanisms, Featured, Tracking Systems
Problem: A manufacturer needed a feed system to supply 10 spacers of various thicknesses to be used in the assembly of mechanical components. The spacers were picked and placed by robots that could be programmed to select any of the 10 spacers needed for the assembly....
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 11, 2020 | Escapements and Mechanisms, Featured
A manufacturer of valves needed an automated part feeding solution for a rubber insert that was a component of the product assembly. Fortville Feeders designed a vibratory inline feeder that fed a rotary actuator. The wheel handed parts off to the customer’s pick and...
by Kevin Yaney | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Introduction: An integrator located in Montreal, Canada needed a manufacturer to both produce and provide service on vibratory feeder systems. Even though the integrator typically does all of their own parts feeding systems on the automated machinery they produce,...
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