On 8/19/2014 8:28 PM, dave wrote: > 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. >> Another approach:
1. Invert them either by the people placing upside down on a mesh conveyor belt. Or turn them over by another other method (Not hard with conveors). 2. Use strong acoustic signal to shake out dust & chips. Think large base speaker. (possibly with some acoustic isolation). You might want to place a screen over them to prevent them moving to far . A little experimentation may be needed to determine what frequency or combination of frequencies work the best and require the least energy. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
