Assembly Automation Vibratory Feeders Introduction Vibratory feeder Mechanics of Vibratory Feeder Force acting on vibratory feeding Force acting on vibratory feeding for sliding up the track to occur (Eq: 1)
Where (Eq: 2)
condition for forward sliding up the track to occur is,
therefore, given by combining Equation (Eq: 3)
Similarly, it can be shown that, for backward sliding to
occur during the vibration cycle (Eq: 4) Normal track acceleration The operating conditions of a vibratory conveyor may be expressed in terms of the dimensionless normal track acceleration An/gn, where An is the normal track acceleration (An = anω2 = a0ω2 sin ψ), gn the normal acceleration due to gravity Gn=(g cos θ), and g the acceleration due to gravity (9.81 m/sec2)
(Eq: 5) Force acting on vibratory feeding Substitution of Equation 5 in Equation 3 and Equation 4 gives, for forward sliding, (Eq: 6)
for backward sliding
(Eq: 7)
The limiting condition for forward conveying to occur
is given by comparing Equation 6 and Equation 7. Thus, for forward conveying (Eq: 8) Force acting on vibratory feeding With sufficiently large vibration amplitudes, the part will leave the track and “hop” forward during each cycle. This can occur only when the normal reaction N between the part and the track becomes zero. (Eq: 9)
and, therefore, for the part to leave the track,
(Eq: 10) For μs=0.8, θ = 3 deg,Ø=30 deg find An/gn for forward sliding and backward sliding Limiting conditions
1 0.8
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4.7 Effect of various parameters On conveying velocity (vm) where fvm=constant Frequency (f) Track Acceleration (An/gn) Vibrating angle (ψ) Track angle (θ) Coefficient of friction (µ) Frequency & track acceleration Frequency & track acceleration Frequency & track acceleration Vibration angle Vibration angle Track angle Coefficient of friction Typical part motions Effective length of the hop (J) Effective height of the hop(H) Load sensitivity Solution of load sensitivity Load detector switch Modification to the feeder By changing spring stiffness Use on/off control Sensor control Spiral elevators Balanced feeders Orientation of Parts Active Orienting devices-reorientation Passive Orienting devices-rejection base -In bowl -Out bowl Passive-in bowl Typical Orienting systems Orienting systems- Washers Orientation – Machined washer Orientation – cup shaped parts Orientation – truncated cones Orientation – U-shaped parts Orientation – narrowed track Wall projection and narrowed track Active Orienting systems Analysis of orienting systems Analysis of orienting systems Natural resting aspect Probability of orientation Natural resting aspect Assumptions Surfaces can be divided in to two categories Soft surfaces Hard surfaces Probability that the part come to rest in a particular natural resting aspect depends on two factors Energy barrier tending to prevent a change of aspect Amount of energy possessed by the part when it begins to fall Parts are being dropped from sufficient height Natural resting aspect Natural resting aspect Out-of-Bowl tooling Out-of-Bowl tooling
