Berger Feeder | Camera-assisted feeding of bulk material

The workpieces fall unordered onto a hopper belt. From there, they are fed to a second conveyor belt, where they are equalized according to fill level and fed to a third - semi-transparent - belt with a light source.

A camera system measures the position and orientation of the workpieces. Other features such as embossing stamps can also be recorded so that it can be verified whether the workpiece is positioned with the right side up.

The camera measuring system passes the measured data to a robot, which positions the workpieces. From there, they are picked up by a handling robot and placed in the grinding machine.

The automatic feeding system replaces manual loading of magazines and thus makes the production processes in which it is used faster and thus more economical.

With cycle times of 5 seconds per workpiece, the Berger Feeder achieves a cycle rate that is significantly below the cycle times customary on the market.