GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE OF A VIBRATORY BOWL FEEDER FOR FEEDING BUTTONS

Shaine Ansari, Loveleen Gautam, Pradeep Khanna

Abstract: Automation of manufacturing industry has now become an integral part of industry as it is capable of delivering products in right quantity, quality and consistency. There are many aspects of industrial automation depending upon the type of product and the industry. One such aspect is assembly line which streamlines the flow of product from one assembly station to the other in predecided cycle time to cater to the needs of assembly line many a times discrete part feeding in required quantity and in desired orientation becomes indispensable. This task can successfully be done with the help of a suitable feeding mechanism. Vibratory bowl feeder has been a choice of industry for its versatility. The present study is aimed at analysing the performance of a vibratory bowl feeder with different size of buttons in garment fabrication industry. The desired outcome in this case is the feed rate and the various input parameters for the study are – part population, part size and frequency of bowl. A number of experiments have been conducted and the outcomes are graphically analysed to predict the performance behaviour of the feeder

Keywords: Automation, Feeder, Cycle time, Feed rate, Graphical Analysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0707023