Assembly operators fumble around with screws daily during the fastening process. The repetition of grabbing small fasteners from a bin is tedious and time-consuming. The constant repetition of picking up and fumbling around with hundreds and hundreds of screws daily impacts productivity and costs. It’s an unnecessary expense and an inefficient process. Also, a potential health hazard if fasteners are dropped and left on the floor, allowing an opportunity for an individual to slip and fall.
Conventional assembly methods cause assemblers to inefficiently fumble with screws that are stored in bins or shaker trays. Fumbling isn’t just a football occurrence. Daily, assembly operators using power tools fumble around picking up screws from bins and slowly align the fasteners onto a bit. In an attempt to grab one fastener at time, several screws often stick to the operator’s fingers. Assembly operators can quickly drop screws across a workstation or fumble them to the ground. The smaller the fastener is, the more extensive the challenge becomes for an operator to efficiently pick up screws from a bin and perform the fastening process in a timely, productive manner.
Using a screw presenter during the fastening process is a productive option to consider. A tabletop screw presenter is typically small and compact. It is used to organize and automate work areas and production cells. Screw presenters make assemblers and the assembly process more efficient by mechanically presenting a screw to a fixed pickup point. These feeders can be combined with most assembly applications and power tools. Alternative methods of delivering a screw are cumbersome and very expensive.
A screw presenter is a straightforward machine to operate. The fasteners are poured into the hopper of the screw presenter and automatically lined up for dispensing. This simple mechanism allows trouble-free operation, eliminating jammed or stuck screws. The screws are aligned along the screw-feeding rail with one fastener exposed and sitting in the bit guide. Once the bit of the power tool engages with the screw head and the fastener is removed, then another screw automatically dispenses to the bit guide and is ready for easy pickup—no fumbling with screws.
Using a quality screw-feeding system makes a safer world through accuracy and precision. Companies must control torque to ensure their products’ quality, safety, and reliability aren’t compromised. The failure of a three-cent fastener that isn’t properly tightened can lead to catastrophic or latent failures. Insufficiently torqued fasteners can vibrate loose, and excessive torque can strip threaded fasteners.
Prevent screw fumbles. Improve your fastening process today by implementing screw dispensing equipment to make the assembly process more efficient.
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