Elscint recently supplied two more vibratory bowl feeders for a multinational company having locations at various places in India for feeding of Flare Nuts to their Flaring Machines. Most flare nuts are having the across flat and threading size same (M12 in this case) and the across corner is 13 mm. Lengths differ. The requirement is to get the nuts in rolling orientation on a gravity chute and keep them ready for removal by the operator who puts a tube in the nut and flares the tube on one side. As most auto ancillaries work on 6 sigma, the reason for using these feeders is to ensure that there is no mistake on the operators part by which a wrongly oriented component is flared. Hence, it is important to ensure that the orientation is 100% accurate. In the standard tooling designed by Elscint for these nuts, this is ensured and further, a poka-yoke is always provided to ensure that even if a wrongly oriented component came forward, it is stopped in the chute itself and could be easily removed manually by the operator without wasting much time. This makes the equipment fool proof, reducing operator intervention and ensuring zero mistakes. Thus a 800 mm long gravity chute with auto-switch off mechanism is provided in this case along with a square tube stand to mount the bowl feeders. This set is the 100th such flare nut bowl feeder manufactured by Elscint over the years. Repeat orders show the confidence on Elscint equipment and its repeatability and reliability by its customers. You can watch video of a flare nut bowl feeder.