Theoretical Study of the Effect of the Method of Orienting Asymmetric Workpieces on the Performance of Hopper Feeders with Tangential Pockets

The article describes and describes the design of traditional and improved mechanical disk hopper feeders with gripping rod asymmetric at the ends of the workpieces with tangentially located pockets when each of them implements a different orientation method. Developed mathematical models of capacity of improved pocket hopper feeding devices with tangential gripping members for cylindrical stepped workpieces at their passive orientation and workpieces with end in the form of truncated cone at active orientation are presented. Developed mathematical models are shown in the form of graphical dependences of probability of gripping and feed rate of improved pocket hopper feeding devices with tangential gripping members from peripheral speed of gripping members at various ratios of geometrical parameters of loaded blanks and friction coefficient values, which make it possible to estimate degree of influence of specified parameters on efficiency of functioning of hopper feeding devices with gripping of blanks in tangential direction.