On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 13:46 -0400, Todd Zuercher wrote: > I've had a problem proposed to me. Any ideas or suggestions? > > A series of randomly sized wooden pieces (uniform thickness) placed randomly > on a slow conveyor. Each piece has 1 to 4 small pockets milled in them. I > would like to automate a method of blowing out the dust left from milling the > pockets. How hard would it be to detect the location of these pockets, > position an air nozzle over the pocket and clean them with a short air blast > as they are carried down the conveyor. >
A different approach..... run the blocks off the conveyor into a drum , eg. like a tumbler/polisher and then use decent velocity air thru the drum to move the dust. Turbulence can do a lot to remove particles. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users