Clarification: Automation note:
The pick and place equipment does not pick up balls. It simply gates one one out of the selected bin and drops it down plastic tubing to the spindle replacement where it is dropped into place. Flexible plastic tubing permits the placement of the bins off the CNC equipment used for x,y placement. My Java design code creates g-code text files for milling holes and surface designs. It will be extended also create a second file with the same g-codes for x,y ball locations and commands selecting ball bins and reading sensors verifying pick and place operations. From hand placement: When placed the balls are slightly less than half above the surface. 6mm diameter marbles are embedded 3mm to 3.5 mm. The marbles do not protrude through the bottom of the board. Less than 1/2 embedded balls are much easier to break out with side torque. The bottom of the balls is usually at least 1 to 2 mm above the bottom. Things vary with wood thickness. Small amounts of transparent glue in the hole under the balls is OK for most designs. l will post pictures of some designs when I find the camera. Our poltergeist seems to have hidden it. The link will be posted when pictures are posted. The caulking compounds like I am using now are somewhat flexible. Differential thermal and humidity expansion has not been a problem. Most hot melt glues should also be adequately elastic. craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
