Button sorting machine - GIF

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Dec 30, 2025, 12:56 PM
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Button sorting machine - GIF

Button sorting machine.

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Dec 31, 2025, 08:15 AM
Karl_H

Seems inefficient that they shoot the "rejects" back into the general pool. They could replace the toothed plate with a ramp to a collection bucket that would keep the shot parts separate.

(Since I don't even know what language is being spoken, perhaps that is what the one guy is explaining to the mill wright.)
Dec 31, 2025, 11:06 AM
IntheGroove

The buttons are heading to the sewing machine, the light side needs to be up...
Dec 31, 2025, 04:06 PM
desbromilow

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karl_H

Seems inefficient that they shoot the "rejects" back into the general pool. They could replace the toothed plate with a ramp to a collection bucket that would keep the shot parts separate.

(Since I don't even know what language is being spoken, perhaps that is what the one guy is explaining to the mill wright.)

I think the issue is the button is "upside down" so the question then becomes is it more efficient to shoot it back in the pool for the system to try again, as opposed to some mechanism to flip the button over. The current method has less moving parts (reduced complexity), and is obviously running at the required throughput.