As the most common type of parts feeder, as well as the oldest, vibratory bowls are self-contained systems that work best with small metal or plastic parts. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Eriez
Erie, PA | 800-345-4946ERIEZ is a global manufacturer of an entire range of vibratory feeders and related machinery. We serve all the process industries, including food, chemical, pharmaceutical, ceramics, glass, packaging, metalworking, minerals processing and others.
Carrier Vibrating Equipment, Inc.
Louisville, KY | 502-969-3171Internationally known, Carrier Vibrating Equipment specializes in manufacturing vibratory feeders and screeners. We have been pioneers in process equipment technology for over 60 years.
General Kinematics
Crystal Lake, IL | 815-455-3222At General Kinematics, we design and manufacture vibratory feeders, conveyors and more for applications in foundries, recycling mining, coal and food processing.
Rodix Inc.
Rockford, IL | 800-562-1868Rodix manufactures vibratory feeder controls, inline track drives, drive bases, & bulk storage hoppers for part feeding systems. Our line of vibratory feeder controls feature variable amplitude, variable frequency, line-voltage compensation, UL/cUL Listed, CE Marked, and more. We have experience working with machine integrators, vibratory feed system builders, and manufacturers.
U.S. Automation, LLC
Huntertown, IN | 260-338-1100U.S. Automation was established in 2003 to provide our customers with high quality, cost-effective, state of the art automation equipment, palletizing/conveyor systems, vibratory feeder systems, replacement parts & more. With our combined 150 years of experience and our internal machining, we are able to design and build most products in-house, thereby controlling and maintaining cost and quality.
Sweco
Florence, KY | 859-371-4360Sweco engineers and manufactures equipment for particle separation and size reduction. These processes are accomplished through the use of vibrating screens. Some of our quality, efficient equipment includes round and rectangular separators plus other separation product.
Most often used in the pharmaceutical, glass, foundry, concrete, food processing, mining, plastics and automotive industries, vibratory bowls can be constructed from stainless steel in order to meet sanitary grade requirements, but are also often constructed from cast aluminum.
Typical parts that vibratory bowls handle include washers, nuts, studs, plugs, bolts, pills, rings and screws, as well as dry bulk materials. Vibratory bowls are typically used in parts manufacturing processes in order to orient and sort finished and semi-finished parts for additional processing or packaging.
Vibratory Bowls - EriezQuiet and effective, vibratory bowls offer high feed rates as well as using very few moving parts resulting in low maintenance and down time.
Utilizing vibrations to convey parts, vibratory bowls consist of a feeder bowl and a vibrating drive unit. The feeder bowl is mounted to the vibrating drive unit, which is equipped with a variable-amplitude controller that vibrates the feeder bowl and causes the parts to move upwards on an inclined spiral track that climbs along the vibratory bowl's inner wall.
The purpose of the track is to align and sort the parts in reliable and consistent positions based on the desired requirements. Initially, parts are dumped into the feeder bowl, which vibrates and turns. As a result of the vibrations, the parts move along the track until they come across obstacles that are designed to align the parts in a particular manner.
This orientation of the parts allows for easy usage further down the processing line. Special features can be added to vibratory bowls for additional benefits such as special bed liners for better handling of abrasive materials and dust-proof outlet covers for increased dust protection.
In addition, the length, width and depth of the bowl feeder can be adjusted depending on the size of the parts.