A medical device manufacturer needed to orient and sort empty, 2-milliliter plastic vials, count them, and place them on a tray in rows of 12 by 25 for final packaging in cartons. Read how it was done.
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We Fed It: System Feeds, Installs 88 Rivets

February 24, 2010

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Deane Systems LLC designed a machine that can feed and install up to 88 rivets in semitrailer panels.
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We Fed It: Sealed Drive Feeds Primers Safely

January 28, 2010

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An ammunition manufacturer needed to feed primers, the cylindrical brass parts used to light the propellant in projectiles. Automation Devices Inc. hit the target.
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We Fed It: Bowls Feed 1,200 Parts a Minute

December 23, 2009

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Systems integrator Arthur G. Russell Co. Inc. developed a high-speed assembly machine for a large medical device company. With a pallet-indexing chassis, the machine produces 1,200 assemblies per minute.
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We Fed It: Feed, Orient, Lather, Rinse, Repeat

November 23, 2009

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An innovative system ensures that caps for shampoo bottles are correctly aligned prior to installation.

We Fed It: Bowl Maker Takes a Bullet

October 29, 2009

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At production speeds of 1,000 parts per minute, even a few minutes of downtime per day can quickly lead to thousands of dollars in lost production. This innovative feeding system keeps an ammunition assembly system on target.

We Fed It: Bowl Feeds Needle Hubs

September 29, 2009

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Clean room manufacturing process required a stainless steel vibratory bowl.

We Fed It: Bowls Supply Parts for Catheter

August 26, 2009

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Special technology enables multiple bowl feeders to be located close together.

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AssemTech Inc. is a busy and growing harness assembly shop in West Chicago, IL. The company has a 12,000-square-foot assembly area and employs 20 full-time harness assemblers - far cry from its early days back in 1986, when founder Chuck Hall and various family members assembled harnesses in his garage.

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