by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Feeder Bowls
Problem: The customer grinds valve springs for the automotive industry. Two problems were solved with a new vibratory feeder bowl system. Initially, Suncall America contacted Fortville to help them improve efficiencies. They wanted to build a system that would...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Feeder Bowls
Problem: The customer produces refrigerant recharging cans. They had three different types of auto discharge valves that are assembled as caps on to their cans. They also had different can sizes. They needed a feeder system that could be set up for any of the...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Feeder Bowls
Problem: The customer needed to automate the sorting and orientation of two different small wire springs. This had been performed by hand prior to adding a feeder bowl system to their automation line. Solution: Fortville designed a single hopper system where...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Feeder Bowls
Problem: International Engineering is a producer of snowmobile performance and safety traction products. They had been operating an aging automated parts feeder system that took an extensive amount of time to changeover from one part to another. IE had 13...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Feeder Bowls
Problem: The customer was handling very small parts with a tapered end that needed to be sent down their assembly line standing up on the part’s base. The size of the part made it difficult to orient, select and contain particularly with a radial feeder...
by Fortville Feeders | Jun 26, 2019 | Feeder Bowls
Problem: The customer had an OEM feeding system that moved parts to the next operation with air. The parts needed to be oriented correctly for the next phase of their operations, but their system fed the parts in the opposite orientation. Their system had a...
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