Notes from the tooling bench
What actually decides whether a part feeds reliably: track geometry, amplitude, coating, escapement and the twelve other details nobody puts in a catalogue. Written by the people who cut the tooling.
Custom vibratory bowl feeders: a buyer's engineering guide
A practical guide to specifying a custom bowl feeder: drive base, tooling, the five ways standard bowls fail, and the acceptance test worth insisting on.
Read the articleFeeding micro parts: choosing a bowl feeder for small, delicate components
Small parts do not behave like small versions of big parts. The five failure modes, the design levers that fix them, and the rate maths to do before you buy.
Read the articleBowl feeder vs centrifugal feeder vs step feeder: which fits your line
A practical comparison of the three main feeder types: rates, part mass, fragility, tangling, changeover and cost — with rules for choosing and three hybrid layouts.
Read the articleSend the part, get a straight answer
Most feeding problems are decided in the first five minutes of looking at the part — geometry, material, finish, target rate. Send a photo or drawing and we will tell you whether a bowl, a step feeder or something else is the right call, even when the answer is "you don't need us".