![]() Much to our surprise we’ve featured AMF in a Retrotectacular article before. We also wondered about manual pinspotting and found this manual-with-mechanical-assist setup to be interesting despite the audio. Here’s a more recent look a the AMF 82-70 (the same model as in the promo video). We could watch this kind of automation all day, and in fact found some other gems while searching about. We especially enjoyed the non-mechanical mention of how the machine “clears dead wood from the pin deck”. ![]() That conveyor stretches the width of the lane and moves pins back to a pin elevator - a wheel moving perpendicular to the ground with orients and raises them to a swiveling conveyor belt that can drop them into the setting jig waiting for the next full frame setup.Įverything in this promo video has jargon which is just delightful. Separating the ball from the pins is handled by gravity and an oscillating plunger that pushes errant pins back onto a conveyor. The challenge involves more than you might think as pinspotters are confined to a narrow area and need to work with oddly-shaped pins, the bowling ball itself, and deal with setting up fresh frames but also clearing out the field after the first roll. Their business began at the turn of the 20th century with automated cigarette manufacturing before turning their sights on bowling pins after the second world war. With their basis in industrial automation, bowling was a perfect problem for the American Machine and Foundry company (AMF) to take on. Let’s take a stroll back to 1963 for a look at the state of the art in bowling at the time, the AMF automatic pinspotter. That’s a bold claim today, but certainly one that was correct decades ago. If you can not agree to any of these terms of use above or are not at least 18 years of age you are asked NOT to visit Bowl-Tech or utilize its content.On a recent bowling excursion it occurred to us that this is one of the most advanced robotics systems most Americans will directly interact with. Posts on the site are made by registered members and each member is responsible for the content and accuracy of their posts. ![]() You will seek personal training from trained professionals within your center with regards to safety & maintenance practices while working on bowling equipment. ![]() Bowl-Tech, its officers, site Admins or Moderators will not be responsible in the case of losses financial or otherwise as a result of use of ANY information on this site.īowl-Tech is not a substitute for proper training on bowling equipment maintenance. You are over the age of 18 and have had supervised training in safety and operations of the equipment you work on.īowl-Tech does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of information found on this site. Remove this notice by Registering or Logging inīy your continued use of this site you agree to the following. If you are seeing this you are not logged in to Bowl-Tech. ![]()
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