AbstractsBusiness Management & Administration

A part feeder is a system where the parts enter the feeder in all possible newlineorientations and exit the system in a single specified desired orientation These newlinepart feeding systems implement a plan a sequence of gates that push rotate and newlineeven drop parts until they reach the desired orientations An efficient part feeding newlineplanner has the gates sequenced so that most of the entering parts exit the system newlinein the desired orientation For many types of automated manufacturing equipment newlinethere is a requirement to supply them with parts which invariably need to be newlinepresented in a single orientation newlineA brake pad which is an irregular component has been considered in newlinethis research work Automation has become essential for such components The newlinepart feeding system is important for such products which help in reducing the lead newlinetime to meet the necessity In order to fulfill this need and also after realizing the newlineimportance of part feeding system for brake pad manufacturing industry a system newlineis developed during the research work which is reported in this thesis newlineThe research work started with the study of various methods to analyze newlineand implement the part feeders developed by earlier researchers taking a reference newlinefrom the literature After this drop test is conducted for finding the possible newlineorientations and most favorable orientation of a part brake pad Here two newlinemethods of drop test are conducted experimentally to find the most favorable newlineorientation of part newline newline%%%appendix p163-216, reference p217-225.