Flexible Feeders

Flexible Feeders by Flexibowl®

Our range of flexible parts feeding systems allows for the orientation and separation of components to become an automated solution. Flexible automation for precision assembly and parts handling is used across a variety of industries including:

Automotive
Cosmetic & personal care
Medical
Electrical Components

A single Flexibowl can handle entire families of parts, with part sizes between 1-300 mm and 1-300 g across the range, replacing a whole set of vibratory bowl feeders. This range of feeding systems can sort baulk parts regardless of their shape, fragility, material composition, weight and surface characteristics, ideal for manufacturers whose production involves frequent product changeovers and reduced volumes.

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Flexibowl can feed baulk parts in automotive industry, cosmetic industry, medical industry, electrical components industry

How do Flexibowl's automated feeding systems work?

Parts are separated through the combined actuation of servomotor and impulse generator.
These shaking movements allow parts to arrange and lie on feeder surface with the right orientation
A vision system locates them and sends coordinates to a robot for pick up.

FlexiBowl has a UR+ certified URCap with the latest generation Universal Robots. There are also plug-ins available for most industrial robots, Flexibowl is also fully compatible to work with Shibaura Machine SCARA robots, making it straightforward to integrate feeding systems into your facility.

What are the features of a Flexibowl® feeder system?

Parts can be introduced at the same time as picking.
High performance
7kg max payload
Reliable and lean design
Low maintenance
Suitable for harsh and clean environments
Intuitive programming
Suitable for tangly and sticky parts

Having a flexible feeding system will help to speed up your sorting process, ensuring this part of your production line runs quicker, smoother and more efficient.

Flexibowl feeds bulk parts into an assembly process

FlexiBowl®Product Range	FlexiBowl® 200	FlexiBowl® 350	FlexiBowl® 500	FlexiBowl® 650	FlexiBowl® 800	FlexiBowl® 1200
Recommended Part Size	1>x<10 mm	1>x<15 mm	5>x<50 mm	20>x<110 mm	60>x<250 mm	50>x<300 mm
Recommended Part Weight	<30 gr	<40 gr	<100 gr	<170 gr	<250 gr	<300 gr
Recommended Bulk Feeder	1÷5 dm³	5÷10 dm³	10÷20 dm³	20÷40 dm³	20÷40 dm³	40÷60 dm³
Backlight Area (Dim.)	180x52,5 mm	230x78,5 mm	334x167 mm	404x250 mm	404x325 mm	917x525 mm
Backlight Area	90 cm²	166 cm²	513 cm²	922 cm²	1,125 cm²	4,120 cm²
Max Payload	1 kg	3 kg	7 kg	7 kg	7 kg	7 kg
Pick Level from Plate	270 mm	270 mm	270 mm	270 mm	270 mm	270 mm
Weight	18 kg	25 kg	42 kg	54 kg	71 kg	175 kg

FlexiBowl® ISO 5 Cleanroom Compatible

FlexiBowl is now compatible with ISO 5 requirements, meaning that it can work in some of the strictest production environments.

With this new compatibility, this innovative flexible feeding system can now be used in cleanroom controlled environments, being used for industrial productions in pharmaceutical, medtech, life science, and semiconductor manufacturing.

Maintaining all the functions of the standard FlexiBowl, the ISO 5 Cleanroom compatible FlexiBowl’s features are:

Pneumatic components specific for cleanroom use
Back-lighted glass plate
Perforated top screen to favour laminar flow
Available for Flexibowl® 500/650/800 feeding systems
Product contact surface suitable for cleanroom use
Cap in natural white polyethylene to prevent component jams at centre

FlexiBowl® Clean Room Test ISO 5

FlexiBowl feeding systems for cleanroom environment

Options

Rotary Discs

Rotary discs are available in various colours, textures and adhesion degrees on all sizes. Discs are compatible with FDA and antistatic requirements. Easy to clean up. Customised discs upon request.

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