Scoop Placement System Scoops are bulk loaded into a Hoppmann prefeeder at floor level and metered on demand into a Hoppmann centrifugal feeder by a cleated elevating belt. The feeder elevates the scoops onto the rim by a center rotating disc.
Parts are qualified to a single layer and single stream.
Mechanical and pneumatic qualifiers produce a common orientation of the product exiting the feeder. Oriented scoops exit the feeder into an in-line for accumulation. Parts enter the accumulating rollers and are suspended by its larger cross section, with the smaller cross section dropping into the gap preset between the rollers. The scoops feed down the rollers and are engaged by a lead screw, which provides separation on a predetermined pitch. The placement turret consists of multiple can nests and funnels arranged on an equal pitch around the turret's perimeter.