Who We Are
Custom Feeder Systems, Designed and Built on Our Own Floor
United Toolers of Illinois designs, builds, tests, and services custom part-feeding systems — vibratory, rotary, centrifugal, and scallop feeders — for manufacturers and automation companies that can’t afford a system that “almost” works. Based in Belvidere, Illinois, our core team designs each system around the part it has to move, builds it on our own shop floor, and stays involved after it ships, rather than selling an off-the-shelf feeder and hoping it fits.
Craftsmanship and Experience
A Core Team That’s Worked the Same Floor for Decades
UTI runs on a core team of about seven or eight people who’ve built, tested, and serviced feeder systems together for decades. Our team stays closely involved across design, fabrication, wiring, testing, and problem-solving.
Platform-First Engineering
A Reliable Foundation First. Features Second.
We build the core mechanism — base, drive, track geometry — to be solid and repeatable before adding any complexity on top. Features bolted onto a weak foundation fail in ways that are hard to diagnose; we prove the fundamentals hold up first, then layer in the tooling specific to your part.
What Sets UTI Apart
Why Manufacturers Call UTI When a Standard System Isn’t Cutting It
Many customers come to UTI after a standard feeder underperformed, a competitor’s system won’t hold orientation, or they need something no catalog part can solve. Here’s what they find when they get here:
Custom-Built Systems
Custom-built systems designed around your part, not a catalog spec forced to fit it
Decades of Experience
A core team with decades of hands-on design, build, and test experience on the same floor
Final-Detail Execution
Final-detail execution — every system tested, tuned, and debugged before it leaves our shop
Service-First Mentality
A service-first mentality that doesn’t stop at delivery
Any-Brand Repair
The ability to repair, retune, or rebuild feeder systems originally built by other manufacturers
Long-Term Performance
Systems engineered for long-term production performance, not just a strong first run
Platform-First Engineering
Platform-first engineering — a proven foundation before we add complexity
Purpose-Built Facility
A 42,000 sq. ft. facility in Belvidere, Illinois, purpose-built for feeder design, build, and testing
Service Beyond the Build
The Build Is the Start. We’re Still on the Line After That.
A feeder that runs perfectly on install day but fails six months later isn’t a finished job. We stay involved after delivery with maintenance and troubleshooting, and we also service and repair systems we didn’t build — if something’s not performing, we’ll tell you why and how to fix it.
The Facility
42,000 Square Feet in Belvidere, Illinois, Built for the Way Feeder Systems Should Be Built
Our facility is a selling point for what’s inside it: 18 dedicated vibratory feeder cells and a 5,000 sq. ft. rotary and scallop room mean every build gets full attention without waiting behind someone else’s job. The shop stays clean and organized so we catch problems before they ship.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about who UTI is, where we’re located, and what we build.
Who is United Toolers of Illinois?
United Toolers of Illinois (UTI) designs, builds, tests, and services custom part-feeding systems — vibratory, rotary, centrifugal, and scallop feeders — for manufacturers and automation companies. UTI operates out of a 42,000 sq. ft. facility in Belvidere, Illinois, with a core team that has built and tested feeder systems together for decades.
How long has UTI been in business?
UTI’s core team has worked together for decades, building and testing feeder systems on the same shop floor. That continuity — the same people, working to the same standard, year after year — is a bigger part of what UTI delivers than any single founding date.
Where is UTI located?
United Toolers of Illinois is located at 720 Logistics Dr., Belvidere, IL 61008. The facility spans 42,000 sq. ft., including 18 dedicated vibratory feeder cells and a 5,000 sq. ft. room dedicated to rotary and scallop systems.
Does UTI only build feeders, or does it also service them?
Both. UTI designs and builds custom vibratory, rotary, centrifugal, and scallop feeder systems, and stays involved after delivery for maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization. UTI also services and repairs feeder systems originally built by other manufacturers.
What types of feeder systems does UTI build?
UTI builds vibratory, rotary, centrifugal, and scallop feeder systems, each engineered around a specific part’s geometry, orientation requirement, and required production speed — not adapted from a generic catalog design.
