...Karen Conneely; Christine Connolly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the different methods of isolating sensitive equipment from the effects of vibrations. Design/methodology/approach The passive mechanisms of springs and dampers, air tables, and negative stiffness are explained...

...Mozafar Saadat; Bronius Baksys; Nomeda Puodziuniene Purpose The paper aims to investigate theoretically and experimentally vibrational alignment of parts in an assembly position under kinematical excitement of the movably based part. Design/methodology/approach Presents developed mathematical...

.... Originality/value It serves as a supplement teaching package for students, instructors, engineers and technologists who are interested in the specialised field of automated parts feeding. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Parts Electronics industry Education Vibration Feeding devices...

... automated bowl design. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Research methods Assembly Parts Vibration A part feeder takes in a stream of identical parts in arbitrary orientations and outputs them in a uniform orientation. We consider the problem of sensorless orientation of parts...

..., which vibrates to separate and reorient the parts. A vision system is used to determine the position of parts in a correct orientation. A robot picks these parts and assembles them. The conditions for a successful reorientation of parts are studied. The influence of adhesive forces on the ability to re...