Title: ProtoVoltaics Automatic Pick and Place machine
Post by: ProtoVoltaics on September 18, 2015, 04:11:43 pm
Post by: ProtoVoltaics on September 18, 2015, 04:11:43 pm
Hello all,
We have been working on a Pick and place project since January. We have finally, a few months ago, got the machine working really reliably. We have now started a kick starter for the campaign http://https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/protovoltaics/pick-and-place-machine-by-protovoltaics. We are currently working on adding new ways to speed the machine up that we have been putting off. Our thought was, "First make it work, then make it fast".
We are glad to say we are now close to an average speed of 1000 CPH. We hope to be able to increase this even more before we attend the World Maker Faire in NYC in just 8 days! This project is constantly evolving, and the community feedback has helped us advance the machine quite a bit.
We started this project knowing we would need individual automatic feeders. Our most common community feedback was how hard it is to change reels on machines where each feeder isn't modular. We started here, and built the machine around the feeders.
If you are interested in keeping up with our project the best way to do so will be by using our hackaday page http://https://hackaday.io/project/5200-pick-and-place-machine. We will continue to post updates here as well.
There are lots of videos and project logs available there. We are always looking for more feedback on our machine so we can continue to grow it as a product.
Thanks!
We have been working on a Pick and place project since January. We have finally, a few months ago, got the machine working really reliably. We have now started a kick starter for the campaign http://https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/protovoltaics/pick-and-place-machine-by-protovoltaics. We are currently working on adding new ways to speed the machine up that we have been putting off. Our thought was, "First make it work, then make it fast".
We are glad to say we are now close to an average speed of 1000 CPH. We hope to be able to increase this even more before we attend the World Maker Faire in NYC in just 8 days! This project is constantly evolving, and the community feedback has helped us advance the machine quite a bit.
We started this project knowing we would need individual automatic feeders. Our most common community feedback was how hard it is to change reels on machines where each feeder isn't modular. We started here, and built the machine around the feeders.
If you are interested in keeping up with our project the best way to do so will be by using our hackaday page http://https://hackaday.io/project/5200-pick-and-place-machine. We will continue to post updates here as well.
There are lots of videos and project logs available there. We are always looking for more feedback on our machine so we can continue to grow it as a product.
Thanks!