Modal Analysis of Vibratory Bowl Feeder Machine

Abstract

Automation, or automatic control of different mechanisms plays a important role in today?s fast-moving, competitive industrial world where there is an highly increasing demand to run processes with minimum human involvement. Mechanical feeders are mostly used when small components are to be fed in a machine or automation line one-by-one, oriented in a particular manner from a randomly distributed bulk of components. Feeder causes a coupled rotation around its vertical axis due to constraining motion of the leaf spring. The feeder is activated by electromagnet mounted on the base.Main objective of paper if to design, analyze and fabricate a vibratory bowl feeder for small components like washer for automation. The model has been verified by modal analysis in ANSYS Workbench 16.0 and validated through experimental setup using DEWESoft software.