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Workpieces with very sensitive surfaces and/or delicate edges have to be sorted and conveyed with care. The FMB range includes a low-frequency feeder which is capable of meeting precisely the requirements involved in such applications.

This equipment has been developed in-house by FMB and, for several decades now, has been successfully implemented in fields such as valve manufacture. FMB is the sole worldwide supplier of these machines to the major valve producing companies.

The video shows an example of a BGF-40 low-frequency feeder for conveying lamps.

FMB produces feeder solutions for medical technology or the food industry in a pharmacy-grade design compliant with FDA regulations and GMP guidelines.

Whether for a vibratory bowl feeder or a complete solution – the use of pharmaceutical grade materials such as stainless steel type 1.4404, plastics and a wide range of coating procedures with FDA approval is just as much a part of our standard procedure as the supply of the appropriate inspection certificates.

In a direct comparison with the competition, high-performance feeder machines from FMB with drive diameters of 630 mm and above offer an increase in performance of up to 25%.

The video shows an example of vibratory bowl feeder for screws with a feed rate in excess of 1,100 pieces/min.*

(*All performance figures depend on the workpiece)

Workpieces with very thin walls or no storage surfaces cannot be fed into conventional accumulation sections. For workpieces such as this we have developed a feeder concept with which it is possible to feed in these parts without allowing them to accumulate. Despite this technique (synchronized mode), it is possible to achieve cycle times of less than 2 seconds*.

(*All performance figures depend on the workpiece)

Feeding and mounting of O-rings in bore or shaft grooves with a special combination gripper module. This enables the mounting operation to be reduced to a few components and performed in safety.

The video shows an example of an automated solution for assembling three different O-rings onto two components, which are then joined together after the O-rings have been mounted. After the joining operation, a further O-ring is mounted and the O-rings are inspected visually for correct positioning.