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Elscint recently completed a large order of eight feeding systems for a leading multi national shaving products manufacturing company. The scope of supply included a vibratory bowl feeder for feeding of the razor cartridges along with covers, an extra capacity hopper elevator, stands, gravity track with a pneumatic escapement to release the cartridges on the conveyor of the customer’s packing machine. Elscint even took up the integration part wherein the dispensed cartridges where placed on the conveyor at a very high speed by taking an appropriate signal from the conveyor. For the 43 mm long cartridges, Elscint provided a speed of 160 parts per minute with escapement. The elevator had a capacity of 10000 cartridges, resulting in more than one hour’s loading capacity. This helped one operator man 3 equipments. The complete system was controlled with a small Allen Bradley make PLC to ensure fast and accurate operation.