Author Archives: glenenglish

I ordered my Piezo actuator today. My Piezo actuators came from  http://www.piezodrive.com/    I got a -30>>150V actuator type SA050520.  Have been learning about making small features, including  EDM The block that houses the delivery chamber will be temperature controlled I’ve done alot of … Continue reading →

These are RANDOM thoughts out loud, right now….there are a few things that need to be done to make the paste dispenser work, I have studied the various syringe/ auger constructions, their claims over others etc etc extensively. rough drawing…… … Continue reading →

From “Jiean Robot” in Zhejiang, China. “Zhejiang Sikete Technology co ltd” Very easy to deal with Chinese company, good customer service, understood my needs, able to customize, and 7 day delivery once TT received. Well priced also, about USD400 each … Continue reading →

I had in my plans for two cameras in a stereo scopic setup for down vision so I could figure out depth and distance to things on the table . However. doh! , I was playing with my fancy PointGrey … Continue reading →

added here  from my post in the forum.. I had a chat to Jason about this a week ago.. essentially… after component pickup, Open PNP motion thread tells motion-controller (external)  to go to the target location (PCB place) motion thread … Continue reading →

Wow, this baby is complex. Read this first…L6470 presentation I bought two eval kits from digikey/mouser $25 each. (mouser: 511-EVAL6470H-DISC ) It  has a USB interface, JTAG interface and some buttons. The eval software for the board is  comprehensive. There is alot … Continue reading →

The main reason I went to NEMA14 for the  Z axis was the need to pack the nozzles in tighter. NEMA14 body is 35mm versus ’17 which is ~43. Ideally my nozzles will be the same pitch as the tape … Continue reading →

More on this subject (see other post at component rotation…   Did a bit more playing. Got some Nema11s today, also (hollow) . These seem to be worse on  in accurate microsteps than the nema8s or 17s I have. But – … Continue reading →

Using pressure sensitive resistor. At about 10% spring compression, resistor drops from 10M to about 50k,  and about 10k >50%. The nema8+adaptor (85g) sitting up top  compressed the nozzle spring about 85%

Z axis must be fast. ideally I want 50mS for 20mm travel. 12.5 mS to full velocity maybe use a big NEMA14 stepper with rotor inertia  18g/cm2 Total lift weight  – 16g (carriage) +20g( stepper mtging plate) + 120g (NEMA11 … Continue reading →

On Friday I investigated reported forum issues of not being able to rotate a component with the component on the end of the hollow stepper with sufficient accuracy and resolution. I set up a job to test this on a … Continue reading →

latest head design The intended placement of the two cameras is visible, also Belts are not shown, have not figured out how to do belts in Fusion360 yet…      

I added a bit more last night on my PnP story, particularly items on up and down vision, and feeders. i also added a bit more  on stepping resolution, particular belt drive calcs that show when microstepping is using, the … Continue reading →