Infeed Station

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Stores slat and lead rod stock with stepper-driven metering and indexing to feed paired components at takt rate.

Direct parts	4
Total parts	5
Used in	1 assembly
Class	Assembly

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Stores slat and lead rod stock with stepper-driven metering and indexing to feed paired components at takt rate. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.

Infeed Station parts and their functions

4 top-level parts · 5 parts in total · full bill of materials below

Infeed Station parts diagram: 1 slat hopper, 2 lead rod magazine, 3 stepper motor, 4 encoder. 5 parts in 4 top-level items. — Infeed Station parts diagram. Numbers match the table below; each box is one top-level part or assembly with what it contains.

#	Part	Qty	What it does
1	Slat Hopper	1×	Gravity hopper for wood slats
2	Lead Rod Magazine	1×	Lead rod collet magazine with rotary indexing
3	Stepper Motor	2×	Indexing drive motors
4	Encoder	1×	Lead rod thickness and position feedback

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Bill of materials for Infeed Station

4 top-level lines · 4 rows shown · 5 parts total · indented to 3 levels

#	Item / sub-assembly	Part no.	Qty/assy	Ext. qty	Parts	Type
1	Slat Hopper	pencil-making-machine-slat-hopper	1×	1	·	part
2	Lead Rod Magazine	pencil-making-machine-lead-magazine	1×	1	·	part
3	Stepper Motor	stepper-motor	2×	2	·	part
4	Encoder	encoder	1×	1	·	part

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Where the infeed station is used

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Machinery & Industrial 1 Pencil Making Machine

Used in 1 assembly

Pencil Making Machine

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Vendor	HQ	Specialty	MOQ	Lead time
🇨🇳Foxconn foxconn.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Flex (Singapore) flex.com ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇮🇳Dixon Technologies dixoninfo.com ↗	Noida, IN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇨🇳BYD Electronics bydelectronic.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Venture Corp venture.com.sg ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks