On 12/5/2014 8:37 AM, andy pugh wrote: >>>> A clever solution. What is the tool table limit? >>> 56 tools at the moment. >>> >> That might not suffice. I had in mind to compare the component to a >> reference image in a library and then orientate the picked up component >> to the reference. > If it doesn't need to refer to an actual tool then I think that the > T-word is unbounded. It certainly can be with a remapped M6. The > lathe-fanuccy sample config is happy with M6 T9999 (I didn't think to > try going any higher) OpenCV is on my watch list as well. I just sent out an estimate for a pick and place using a 3 axis gantry robot with gripper and rotator along with some other machinery. It's PLC driven at the moment. It needs move around 1200 parts to do a full batch (load and unload a machine) The motion programming is not difficult since the parts are held in an grid array so the position movements can be calculated. In fact, it will be a fairly boring machine to observe and take about 8 hours to process the 1200 part batch.
The OpenCV software could be potentially useful for checking parts and even more useful for picking up non-oriented parts. These feeders are being proposed by Fanuc these days along with their robots and vision systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA3SYiOcDr4 There is nothing cheap about the Fanuc robot solutions. And they tack on a big premium for a vision assisted robot. If you can do something similar with a pick and place, it's a LOT cheaper. Dave --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
