1. Care & Feeding of Machines Feeding parts –vibratory feed bowls –conveyors –pick & place Material obtained from: –Boothroyd, Automatic Assembly –Ken Goldberg, UCB Industrial Engr Oper. Rsrch (http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/index.htm l) –Robert-Paul Berretty, PhD thesis, Utrecht ( http://www.library.uu.nl/digiarchief/dip/diss/1940512/full.pdf )

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. Simplifying the Design

10. Fastener Feeding Requirements Orientation –vibrating bowl –non-vibrating feeders (see Boothroyd - Assembly Automation) Singulation –escapement mechanisms –pick and place Pre-collated components

11. Singulation

15. Gravity Feeders

16. Bowl Feeders

21. Design Factors –Part symmetry –Selector efficiency E=F o /F i –Recirculation effects

22. Bowl Feeders - Trap Design

24. Non-vibrating Feeders

26. Pick & Place

28. Pre-collated Components

29. Conveyors Orienting with pins or fences

30. Conveyor part orientation - pins

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

34. Conveyor part orientation - fences

36. Conveyor part orienting - 3D parts