Gear dispensing system

An indexing table with a pneumatic arm for "pushing" out the bottom most gear in the stacks. Gears are stacked one over the other on aN indexing plate powered by an induction motor. An OMRON proximity sensor is used for stopping each stack in front of the pneumatic arm so bottom most gear is pushed out every time the pneumatic arm operated. The top of each stack has a plate with internal gear tooth cut in it. This ensures only that particular gear type can be stacked in that particular row.

Cashew sorter

A miniature prototype of a cashew sorting system. After roasting cashews are required to be sorted based on the level of roasting. Cashews are made to fall on a Rockwell servo operated indexing table. A Cognex vision camera "sees" the cashews and a software signals a simple pneumatic SOV to blow the cashews into their respective collection boxes.