[wyzarddoc]

Welcome
If you have the room just buy a bandsaw and have the robot run the spru into the bandsaw blade. Asking a robot to place a part on a CNC machine and then engage hold downs and start a CNC router is going to be a nightmare. Changing the programming on the robot to take the piece through the bandsaw is a lot less than trying to sync 2 machines and add the additional switches and programming to activate hold downs and restart a CNC router is a nightmare.

 

[wyzarddoc]

i'm an industrial electronics instructor, and i taught this very thing - the hardware and software. one chapter test was for the students to write and program the pick and place and have it work cleanly. very doable, but like you say - intimidating if you aren't knowledgeable in the area.

HI TimPa
I'd like to learn more about pick and place machines/programming any reading lists you'd suggest
thanks
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