1. Care & Feeding of Machines
Feeding parts
orientation
singulation
Material obtained from:
Whitney, Mechanical Assemblies
Boothroyd, Automatic Assembly
Ken Goldberg, UCB Industrial Engr Oper. Rsrch ( ?noredir)‏
Robert-Paul Berretty, PhD thesis, Utrecht (

2. Designing Parts for Feeding
Symmetry
Asymmetry
Tangling
Shingling
Wedging

3. Symmetry

4. Asymmetry

5. Tangling

6. Shingling

7. Wedging

8. Designing for Insertion

9. Inserting Pegs in Round Holes

10. Screw Thread Mating

11. Simplifying the Design

12. Part Feeding Requirements
Orientation
vibrating bowl
non-vibrating feeders
(see Boothroyd - Assembly Automation)‏
Singulation
escapement mechanisms
pick and place
Vision and Robots
Pre-collated components

13. Singulation

14. Singulation

15. Singulation

16. Singulation

17. Gravity Feeders

18. Bowl Feeders

19. Bowl Feeders

20. Bowl Feeders

21. Bowl Feeders

22. Bowl Feeders

23. Bowl Feeders Design Factors Part symmetry Selector efficiency E=Fo/Fi
Recirculation effects
See Asfahl (Robots and Manufacturing Automation) p.71-75

24. Bowl Feeders - Trap Design

25. Bowl Feeders - Trap Design

26. Non-vibrating Feeders

27. Non-vibrating Feeders

28. Pick & Place

29. Pick & Place

30. Pre-collated Components

31. Conveyors
Orienting with pins or fences

32. Conveyor part orientation - pins

33. Conveyor part orientation - pins

34. Conveyor part orientation - pins

35. Conveyor part orientation - fences
Any polygonal part can be oriented up to symmetry by a fence design

36. Conveyor part orientation - fences

37. Conveyor part orientation - fences

38. Conveyor part orienting - 3D parts