Prodaid Engineers recently completed an
assignment wherein the requirement was to feed 2 types of carbide bits to a centerless
grinding machine. The parts being carbide bits, which, though small were very
heavy. They required orientation was axial with the dome shape to be forward.
The parts being heavy, Prodaid used it vibrator Model PVBF 400 which has a load carrying capacity of 30 kgs
with a cast aluminium bowl with stainless steel tooling. The cast al bowl was
coated with PU spray bowl coating to ensure smooth operation even in the case
oil or coolant was present. It also reduced the noise level resulting due to
the touching of the metallic bowl to the metal parts but also with respect to
the metal to metal contact between the components themselves. Hence, a rough
texture was given for the coating. Prodaid also provided a linear vibrator,
model PA-80 with tubes of 400 mm length to accommodate different sizes of carbide
bits for further feeding to the centreless grinding machine. This provided a
constant pressure and push to the parts when they entered the grinding machine.
A stand was provided to ensure ease of operation with integration with the
grinding machine of the supplier.
