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Here's the concept. Take a warehouse and install a sorting machine there, one that can sort by weight, size, and color. Match it with a piece database and fuzzy matching software. What you end up with is this: You dump a bunch of pieces into the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) there, (...) What, no disassembly of partially assembled chunks of brick? So have you started designing the machine yet? :) Will weight and size be sufficient to sort the parts? I think designing a sorting machine for Eric Harshbarger (or for (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, I have two of those-- the primitive tow-headed model that performs basic sorting tasks all right but is unreliable when called on to do more complex categorizing. The benefit is that they are low maintenance-- just toss them a jelly (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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"Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message news:GGxM56.DL8@lugnet.com... (...) And cleaned. You might as well add cleaning whilst you are sorting them And damaged parts automatically replaced. Just don't make it a .com Investors don't like (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What the 6000 different elements would be too much? Yeah, you're probably right. Once I get the investment capital, then I'll start worrying about the details :) Adrian (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahh, kids! Now that's the way to do it...cheap labor! The heck with this mechanical idea. Maybe I can outsource the entire thing to a Guatemalan Sweat Shop or something. Or not. Adrian (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Could I just have purchases drop shipped to you, then? :-) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Drat. Mine refuse Jar Jar heads, they've picked up the disdain for them from me, they want monorail track and other hard to come by stuff. (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:GGxp8E.1M6@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) basic (...) complex (...) them a (...) they're (...) I parted out nine soccer busses the other day along with some other stuff all it (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sure. You may not like my fees, though ;) Adrian (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm.. cost of a sorting machine with program - $100,000. Cost of raising the toe head and putting it through college - $200,000. Where do I order the sorting amchine. (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gah, I hear this phrase, usually in reference to a blond kid. What the heck is "tow-headed" ? ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ok so far individually bags it, bags, IT? so one bag per piece? seems a bit over the top to me :-). Will all matching bagged parts be put into a bigger bag? Yours pendantically Steve :-) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) tow·head (n.) (also: towheaded (adj.)) 1. A head of white-blond hair resembling tow. 2. A person with such hair. tow (n.) Coarse broken flax or hemp fiber prepared for spinning. Matt (Still the King) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around here... I'm going to bed." - Jackie-O (Parker Posey, THE HOUSE OF YES) ---...--- (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well if you want to make a go of this you need to give the early adopters who do large quantities some sort of a break, you know... Got any VCs lined up yet? (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, my wife gave me 47 cents to start working on the idea. I don't think that's going to be enough money, though :) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I should hurt you :) Insert "type of" between individual and piece, and reparse. Adrian (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If you want my 2 cents worth, you should take Eric Harshbarger's advice and just hire someone to sort for you. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (My views do not necessarily express the views of my (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I designed and built a piece sorter out of LEGO. It's the ore processor in my Copernicus City moonbase. If you go to: (URL) go down to the bottom there's a link to an .MPG showing it in action. It sorts 1x1 round plates from 1x1 round bricks. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That is too cool! How the heck does it work? Can we see a DAT file? --Bill. (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's basically a sieve. When the parts are dropped in the top they travel down a 2 stud wide chute. The floor of the chute is made by having long antennae piece held at an angle by a 1x2 hinge topped with a 1x2 plate with center stud. The 1x1 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, I don't think you need one bin per part type. You don't need to bag the entire load simultaneously. I would envision a chute you dump the parts into. The parts go into Bin A. Bin A then dumps the parts into the sorter. The first (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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