How do you singulate and orient a conical washer made of soft metal only 0.005 inch thick and almost 1 inch in diameter?
That was the challenge presented recently to Mirai Inter-Technologies Ltd. of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The company managed the feat—and kept the whole system, including vibratory bowl feeder, a vibratory linear feeder, a stacking mandrel, and custom logic controller, within a 12 by18 inch footprint for tabletop use.