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News Release from: Elscint Automation | Subject: Engine valve feeding system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 October 2003
Handling system ups engine valve output
by 30%
Some 50 different sizes of engine valves are delivered from a hopper to a shaft strengthening machine raising output by 30% and ensuring a smooth flow.
Elscint Automation, the leading vibratory equipment manufacturer in India has recently manufactured a feeding system for feeding of engine valves having diameter from 20mm to 50mm and length between 30mm to 200mm There were 50 sizes between these dimensions
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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A chain elevator feeder and a custom built vibratory linear feeder was used in this case.
A 200 litre hopper was designed at the ground level where the engine valves can be dumped.
The elevator feeder carries the engine valves from the hopper to a height of about 2m from where they are unloaded onto a customized Elscint in-line rail feeder which then transports the engine valves in 'Head Up' direction.
These engine valves are then fed to a shaft strengthening machine.
Speed of between 40 to 100 pieces per minute can be achieved depending upon the sizes of the engine valves.
The system results in a smooth flow of components without any starvation to the shaft strengthening machine.
This increased the productivity of the engine valve producing unit by 30% as the shaft strengthening machine was the bottleneck in the production process.
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