Optimal Design of Inertial Feeder with Horizontal Vibration by GADS Toolbox

In order to increase the feeding speed of the inertial feeder with horizontal vibration, it is necessary to optimize the inertial feeder. In this paper, by analyzing the inertial feeder with horizontal vibration's working principle, establish mechanical models of material and trough body, and obtain the kinematics equations of material and trough body. According to the result of analyzing, establish optimization mathematical model of inertial feeder with horizontal vibration with an maximum average speed as the objective function. Optimize it by GADS of Genetic Algorithm in MATLAB, and get more superior result than before. Empirical results show that the average speed of the inertial feeder has increased greatly by optimizing. The optimal design by GADS toolbox provides new ideas and methods for the structure design of inertial feeder with horizontal vibration.