1. Care & Feeding of Machines Feeding parts –orientation –singulation 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. Inserting Pegs in Round Holes

10. Screw Thread Mating

11. Simplifying the Design

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

13. Singulation

17. Variety of Feeding Methods

18. Gravity Feeders

19. Bowl Feeders

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

25. Bowl Feeders - Trap Design

27. Non-vibrating Feeders

29. Pick & Place

31. Pre-collated Components

32. Conveyors Orienting with pins or fences

33. Conveyor part orientation - pins

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

37. Conveyor part orientation - fences

39. Conveyor part orienting - 3D parts