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Drillin' Holes in yer nuts .. automated

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Stilldrillin:
Dave.
Sorry Mate. I almost nodded off, after 2 mins or so.....  :scratch:

You watched it all the way through, to see what it was all about.... ??  :scratch:

Some people have WAY too much time on their hands!  :)  :lol:

David D

Bluechip:
Dave

Bit tedious, was searching for CNC PCB milling, and found that. Not actually fascinated by drilling holes in almonds, strangely enough. Not a talent I'm keen to acquire.

Yup, probably right. Too much time ...need to do some thing useful .. I will count my M3 washers, and stamp serial numbers on 'em   :lol:

Don

Never thought of the 'stringing' bit, will leave that one to you ...beyond my current technology, I'm afraid.  :thumbup:

Dave BC

Bogstandard:
It does look a little tedious and slow, but earlier on in my life, this is the sort of thing I used to design and build. The one shown is perfect for the job it was intended for, and would only cost around maybe a few hundred whatevers to replicate, once the original design was up and running.

I designed and got running a prototype net bagging machine, you know the type, half a dozen oranges in a long thin plastic mesh bag, heat sealed at each end. Very slow in operation, but who's worrying, one chappie filling a hopper at one end, finished product dropping into a box at the other. All done with a few micro switches and sensors, a couple of small pneumatic cylinders, small electric motors and carrier belts. Nothing spectacular, but they get the job done.
That is why most 'fresh' things in a supermarket nowadays are of uniform size, very easy to make a little machine to pack them. One less person needed in the shop putting them in bags and pricing up, that onus is put onto the supplier, which is how I got my commision to build one, he was 'into' garlic bulbs, in bulk.

For a one off, no use at all at that sort of speed, but when you have 10 of the same slow operating machines, being fed and looked after by just one person, that is when you gain your profits, no tea breaks, aching fingers, piddle stops, filthy hands handling the goods etc, just banging them out day and night. If you wanted to, 24 - 7 - 365. The running costs would be negligible compared to wages saved.

There are most probably hundreds of thousands of little automated processes like that in operation around the world.

It used to be the same in old production workshops, there wouldn't just be one slow shaper, there would be a bank of say five of them, all being run and fed by one operator, at the end of the day, mass production.


Bogs

Spurry:
Ok, I have to ask...

What is the purpose of drilling nuts, to put on a piece of wire?
Very clever design...but not quite sure what the end-game is.

Pete

Powder Keg:
The guy makes some kind of traditional candy on a string out of then. I bet it doesn't take him long to pay for that thing either. "specialty" candy's go for a premium here in the states.

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