Moorfeed Applications
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You need a bowl feeder when the downstream station needs parts presented a specific way up, facing a specific direction, one at a time. Moving loose parts from A to B is a conveyor problem. Feeding and orienting them is a bowl feeder problem, and it's the classic front end for robotic pick and place, automated assembly, inspection, packaging and fastening.
Two different customers
Machine builders & integrators: new bowls
A new machine needs a bowl tooled for a specific part. This is the bulk of what EAC supplies, and getting the tooling right the first time is the difference between a machine that runs and one that jams.
End users: repair and retooling
An existing bowl is worn, damaged or no longer suits a part that has changed. Moorfeed repairs, retools and replaces bowls, which keeps a running line running.
Typical downstream stations
Robotic pick and place
Oriented parts presented at a fixed pick point.
Automated assembly
Feeding components into an indexing dial or inline machine.
Medical & FDA
Polished, double-welded bowls for medical and food-contact parts.
Fastening
Screws, rivets and inserts fed to driving and pressing stations.
Inspection & packaging
Singulated parts for vision, counting and packing.
Why Moorfeed rather than the cheapest quote
Moorfeed isn't the low-price option. Bowl tooling is a craft, and Moorfeed's fabricators have combined experience of over 500 years in bowl tooling. The risk with a cheap bowl isn't the first bowl. It's year three, when the part changes, the bowl needs retooling or something wears, and the small shop that built it is gone. Moorfeed has the depth to support a bowl over the life of the machine, and EAC is local to that support.