{"id":988,"date":"2009-11-07T06:45:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T06:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/wp\/?p=988"},"modified":"2009-11-07T06:45:59","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T06:45:59","slug":"product-specific-criteria-for-selection-of-a-vibratory-bowl-feeder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/07\/product-specific-criteria-for-selection-of-a-vibratory-bowl-feeder\/","title":{"rendered":"Product specific criteria for selection of a vibratory bowl feeder"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Is the Vibratory Bowl Feeder FULL WAVE or HALF WAVE Operation?\n<ol>\n<li>Due to FULL WAVE Operation, the vibrations are smooth and Spring Breakage is nil as compared to HALF WAVE Operation, which leads to regular Spring Breakage \/ Bolt Breakage<\/li>\n<li>FULL WAVE Vibratory Feeders CONSUME 60% LESS ENERGY as compared to HALF WAVE Vibratory Feeders.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is a Step Type Bowl being offered or a Cylindrical Bowl?\n<ol>\n<li>CYLINDRICAL Bowls, which though cheaper, result in JAMMING of components and thus manual intervention every now and then.<\/li>\n<li>Step Bowl offer better performance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is the Bowl either of Cast Al or Stainless Steel 304 Grade?\n<ol>\n<li>Cheaper 302 \/ 303 or Mild Steel Bowls do not last long and perform miserably after a period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>In case of Cast Al bowls,\n<ol>\n<li>Is the tooling made in stainless steel or mild steel. Tooling should be made in stainless steel to be long lasting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is Argon Welding done or only Tack Welding is done?\n<ol>\n<li>TACK Welding reduces the performance of the Bowl Feeder after 6 to 8 months<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Does the Bowl have sufficient \u201cRibs\u201d below the tracks?\n<ol>\n<li>These improve the performance of the Bowl and also increase its life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Are the Coils totally Encapsulated or Open.\n<ol>\n<li>Open Coils are not only lower in performance but also are very dangerous in operation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Are <strong>THREADED INSERTS<\/strong> used in all Aluminium Castings?<\/li>\n<li>Does the Vibratory Bowl Feeder have an overflow arrangement?\n<ol>\n<li>This can eliminate the need having a Sensor thus saving on cost.<\/li>\n<li>It makes the Bowl Feeder more reliable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Does the Vibratory Bowl Feeder have a provide of \u201cWindow\u201d to get the wrongly oriented components back into the Bowl or are those components taken into a separate tray for manually putting back into the Bowl?\n<ol>\n<li>Providing a separate tray for manually putting back wrongly oriented components into the Bowl unnecessarily increases manpower and defeats the whole idea of a having a Vibratory Bowl Feeder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>If there is a Gravity \/ Linear Track, is there a Sensor with Auto-Switch Off Facility?\n<ol>\n<li>This switches off the Vibratory Bowl Feeder when the track is full, thus saving on power and importantly noise.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Does the Vibratory Bowl Feeder manufacturer guarantee against Spring Breakage?<\/li>\n<li>Is any Lining \/ Coating being offered?<\/li>\n<li>Is the Lining \/ Coating Pasted or Sprayed or Rubber Molded?\n<ol>\n<li>Pasted Coating comes out (gets removed very early<\/li>\n<li>Rubberised Coating does not last long and has a very bad finish (affecting smooth flow of components)<\/li>\n<li>Sprayable Polyurethane Coating of 0.8 to 1.00 mm thickness is the best as it gives longer life and better result. This type of coating also reduces the Noise Level drastically.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>What type of Finish is provided?\n<ol>\n<li>Buffed finish looks cheap and results in slipping of components on the tracks<\/li>\n<li>Bead Blast Finish is the best and equivalent to European finish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>What is the Vibratory Controller being offered? Is it of an Indian or European Make? Is it having CE Marking? Does it have facility of Voltage Compensation and OVERLOAD CUT-OFF.\n<ol>\n<li>Due to Overload Cut-Off &amp; Voltage Compensation, Coil burning problem is totally eliminated resulting in major savings on Spares.<\/li>\n<li>Indian Makes have a lot of problems and are not stable over a period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Is the Controller housed in either Polycarbonate \/ Sheet Metal Control Panel?<\/li>\n<li>How many Fuses does the Vibrator Controller have?\n<ol>\n<li>It is better to provide 2 to 3 fuses as a safety measure<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Does the Vibrator Controller Circuit have MOVs of sufficient rating? This is an added safety measure.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Further information on this can be found at &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/wp\/downloads\/\">http:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/wp\/downloads\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the Vibratory Bowl Feeder FULL WAVE or HALF WAVE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[68,78,180,262,267,599,723,742,839],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-auto-loading","tag-automatic-feeder","tag-centrifugal-feeder","tag-factory-automation","tag-feeder-bowl","tag-rotary-feeder","tag-vibration-parts-feeder","tag-vibratory-bowl-feeder","tag-vibratory-parts-feeder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elscintautomation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}