Festo Distributing Station - Design and Functionality of the Distributing Station; 5.1 The Distributing Station as a Feed Device

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The Distributing station is a feed device. According to VDI 3240, feed devices are
defined as units which fulfil the function of bunkering, sorting and feeding of
components. In addition, feed devices can facilitate the sorting of components
according to various sorting characteristics (shape, weight etc. of the component).
The following are feed devices:
Magazines with feed limiting,
Vibratory bowl feeder,
Inclined conveyors and
Hoppers with sorting devices.
Workpieces handled by feed devices are
Electroplated parts,
Shaped parts made of plastic,
Punched parts and
Turned components.
5. Design and function
5.1
The Distributing station