Re: Sorting Steel Balls

Hi Ethan,

seems the consensus is the steel rails, but that does not require any
computer control.

even a ball feeder to let each ball roll without interference from
one behind could be stand alone.

and if you chose this style and wanted it to look really cool, you
could put an angled bounce plate under each position, and let the
ball drop through a tube to align it's path, hit the bounce plate and
bounce a foot or two into the awaiting bucket.

Is there anything else in your project you need ? counting ?
packaging, marking ? that would add to the need for some CNC ?

also, let us know if were on the right path for your project.

Dave

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Ethan <ethan@f...> wrote:
> Good morning.
>
> I'm looking for some ideas on how to sort some steel balls. I need
to do
> about 4,000 per day. Sizes range from 19/32 to 7/8 with some sizes
being
> within .001 from each other.
>
> I'd like to use a PC or PLC based machine that will measure the
balls and
> them sort them according to size.
>
> Any and all ideas welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ethan