Elscint supplies two more bowl feeders for feeding of clips for fixing glass

Elscint, recently supplied two feeding systems for feeding of clips for fixing glass. It was in fact a repeat order similar to 5 sets supplied over then last 5 years. The earlier feeding systems have been working at the customer’s end 24 x 7 for the last many years without any problem. The robustness and superior build quality of Elscint feeding systems ensure long lasting products which require zero maintenance for years.

The requirement consisted of a vibratory bowl feeder, a linear track and a hopper for extra loading quantity. The earlier feeder was made for were plastic clips having size 35 x 35 x 12 mm thickness with a clip like profile. The open side was to be maintained away from the bowl centre. In the new requirement clip thickness varied between 12 mm to 22.5 mm. This was accommodated in the same feeder and linear track without any changeover tooling. The clips always came in the opposite direction and hence a 180 degrees twist was required. Ahead of the bowl feeder a 800 mm long linear track was provided to take the parts upto the customer’s machine. The parts being pretty big, only about 300 could be accommodated in the bowl at one time while the feed rate required was 30 parts per minute. Hence, a 50 ltr. hopper with level controller was provided for extra loading capacity. This ensured longer intervals between reloading of parts in the bowl. The actual feed rate achieved was more than 50 parts per minute. The complete assembly was mounted on a stand and supplied to the customer location in India.

You can have a look at the video of the same for one clip and another size clip.