by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem: The customer was hand loading very small pins into a tray, with a matrix of pockets, for robotic pick up. Each tray held 1,380 pins. This was a tedious and time consuming process. The customer was seeking an automation solution to present the pins for...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem The customer needed a way to feed large bolts of varying lengths to its heavy duty wheel hub assembly cell. They manufacture eight different axle assemblies, each with a different size wheel bolt. They needed a feeder system that could handle all eight...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem The customer is a manufacturer of small gasoline engines used in lawn and garden implements. They had a feeder system that moved very small bolts to two staging locations. The system used a single feeder bowl and an escape and blow device with a diverter that...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem: The customer was building a robotic assembly solution for an auto manufacturer. The procedure required 10 bolts to be picked up and turned in place by the robot. This had previously been performed one bolt at a time. The customer had developed a...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem: The customer was upgrading the automation machinery for the manufacturer of gas flow meters. Two components of the meter were different sized pointers assembled on the face of the gauges. There were three challenges with this feeder system. First, these...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem: An integrator was building a robot assembly for an automotive manufacturer. The robots fastened rivets at a rate of 180 ppm. There were two configurations for the rivets to fit into metal plates. One configuration required 15 rivets per cycle and the...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Problem: An integrator was building a robotic assembly station that handled four different stamped aluminum parts. The parts all had a double-ear geometry that needed to be presented to the robot ears leading. However each of the four parts had a unique shape....
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 17, 2019 | Tracking Systems
Our tracking systems are designed to move and orient parts to the customers’ specifications. Take a look at our engineered solutions at work in these case...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 17, 2019 | Escapements and Mechanisms
Our engineered solutions are evident with the precise hand off of parts in our end-of-line mechanisms and escapements. Take a look at real-life case studies of solutions to parts feeding...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 17, 2019 | Featured, Feeder Bowls, High Speed Feeder Bowls
Problem: An integrator was building a high-speed food packaging system for a chocolate and peanut butter cup candy product. They needed a feeder system that would deliver the products at 500 pieces per minute down eight lines that fed their packaging assembly line....
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