In industrial-automation flows, the speed of the feeding step largely sets the pace for the whole line. Conventional vibrating feeders have clear limits when “flexible” feeding is required, while Danikor’s flexible feeder removes the bottleneck with an innovative approach.

Standard feeders spread parts by vibrating from the centre toward the perimeter in an even, radial pattern. This works in theory, but real production layouts are crowded. Whenever any fixture, frame or nearby equipment creates an obstruction, the area behind it becomes a “blind island”: parts that fall there cannot be seen or picked by vision-guided robots. Material in these zones is effectively lost, the usable part count drops and the overall feeding tact slows—often becoming the chief constraint on line capacity.

Danikor’s flexible vibrating feeder eliminates the problem. It marries the vibratory feeder with an advanced vision module, giving the system the ability to spread parts intelligently. The camera scans the bowl surface in real time, mapping the exact position, shape and size of every obstruction. A control algorithm then recalculates the spread pattern on the fly, defining a customised “active” zone. Instead of the old one-size-fits-all vibration, the bowl’s energy centre is shifted away from the obstructed region; vibration is concentrated only where parts can actually be picked.

Parts that would formerly have been trapped in blind areas are now redistributed into the visible field. The number of pickable parts rises sharply, the robot can execute more successful picks per cycle and the feeding tact increases accordingly. In automotive-component plants, small complex parts—nuts, washers, spacers—often have to be fed in tight cells where conventional bowls constantly suffer interference. Danikor’s intelligent spreading keeps the feed stream smooth and the line running continuously.

Electronics assembly, where components are miniaturised and tact time expectations are stringent, benefits equally. The bowl spreads each part to an optimum position so robots can snap them up quickly, supporting the high-density, high-speed production of modern electronic devices.

Danikor’s intelligent spreading technology is a major advance in flexible feeding. By removing the inherent weakness of traditional vibratory bowls, it injects both speed and intelligence into the feeding process, plays a critical role across multiple industries and continues to push industrial automation to higher levels.