I saw a couple projects recently that might be of interest.. https://hackaday.io/project/1313-OpenMV
and http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/fabscan On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:14 AM, craig <cr...@facework.com> wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
