Hardware

Placeholder for the M3s whose head type and length nobody has written down yet: the cable-mount cage bracket, the camera extension, and the two board mounts.

Neither the head type nor the length is recorded — measure before ordering.

Secures the limit switch hammer into the top interface chute mount from below, into the hammer's M3 insert.

The ×1 is the top-interface count (limit-switch hammer). Screws used elsewhere on the machine aren't tallied here yet.

Fastens the outer cable clamp into the top interface chute mount, and the ribbon cable clamp to the cable cage bracket.

The ×3 is the top-interface count (2 cable clamp, 1 ribbon clamp). Screws used elsewhere on the machine aren't tallied here yet.

The workhorse M3 screw — used all over the machine wherever a flush head is wanted.

The long M3 countersunk. Used all over the machine.

Joins the C-channel light post to the NEMA bracket. Threads straight into the printed post — no insert, no nut.

Bolts the NEMA 17 stepper to the NEMA bracket. 3 per C-channel.

Holds the layer adapter board down on the chute core's heat inserts.

Mounts the cable clamp to the interface, and the limit switch to its housing.

The single long screw that clamps the two cable-clamp halves together.

Fastens the printed PSU housing to the power supply's own case threads.

Bolts each lazy Susan together — 4 a side, through the M4 inserts in the static half and the chute mount. 2 lazy Susans per machine.

Holds the NEMA 23 stepper onto the interface bracket.

The most-used M5 in the machine: every external bracket, every bin bracket, every interface rib, every lazy Susan extrusion mount.

Designed to self-tap into printed plastic wherever it lands in an external bracket or the upper fixed section — no nut and no insert there.

Mounts the chute limit switch assembly to the interface frame, into T-nuts.

Attaches the cable cage to the six interface brackets.

The long screws that stack the cable cage together, and that bolt the plywood top plate down onto the interface brackets.

Loosely fixes the limit-switch interface bracket's extrusion into the interface rib while aligning it, into a T-nut.

A snug fit here, it barely reaches the T-nut. Opening the countersink a little and tightening firmly gets the head to sit flush. The ×6 is the top-interface count (1 per interface bracket); screws used elsewhere on the machine aren't tallied here yet.

Bolts the interface bracket assembly and all six interface brackets down through the laser-cut top plate (holes S2/S3, then I1–I6 and O1–O6).

The top plate's laser-cut holes aren't countersunk, so where a flush head won't seat an M5 × 20 button head is used instead. The ×14 is the top-interface count (2 to the top plate, 12 through the bracket holes); screws used elsewhere on the machine aren't tallied here yet.

Placeholder for the three electronics mounts that bolt to the frame. The length has not been measured yet.

Length unknown — measure one on the machine before ordering. Six are used: PSU box, control board mount, Orange Pi mount.

Flat/fender washer, 15 mm outer diameter. Sits under the M3 × 35 button screw that holds the interface idler gear onto the NEMA 23 bracket.

The ×1 is the top-interface count (under the idler-gear screw). Washers used elsewhere on the machine aren't tallied here yet.

Plain M3 hex nut. Backs the camera-arm screws and the cable clamp's long screw.

Plain M5 hex nut. Holds the cable cage's six long screws on.

Every button-head M5 screw that goes into extrusion lands in one of these.

Bought as a length and cut down. One 4 ft rod yields all four ~1 ft pieces the two overhead camera arms hang from.

ruthex RX-M3x5.7 brass heat-set threaded insert. The default M3 insert anywhere one is called for.

The default M5 insert anywhere one is called for.

Lazy Susan mount only.

Stands the control board and the Orange Pi off their brackets.

Length is the BOM sheet's 10 mm and has not been confirmed against the board mounts.

Classification top camera

C-Channel and carousel drop plate detection cameras

Interface between stepper shaft and chute gear

It needs to move...

Screws into the 2020 foot connector so the machine can roll.

C-Channel and carousel drive motors

Chute drive motor

Standard Servo for flap (serial upgrade see note)

Bearings for c-channel rotors

Bearings for c-channel idler, chute idler, carousel arms

Bearings for chute flap

Main chute bearing

Host computer (optional, see note)

MicroSD card for Orange Pi

WiFi and Bluetooth for the Orange Pi. Optional.

Powered USB Hub(s) for webcams and Picos (see note)

Connect Picos to host

USB Cables totally vary in quality. Ensure it supports data

Driver for the all steppers

Cable from distribution board to chute

Cable between layer and layer below

In-house distribution/feeder control board: Pico, stepper drivers, servo and LED outputs. 1 per machine.

In-house adapter board that breaks out the control board's ribbon connectors for one distribution layer. 1 per layer.

Lights the feeder C-channels. One per light post.

Lighting for classification chamber

Hinged roller-lever microswitch. Senses the chute at its home position.

Powers the Orange Pi from the 24 V PSU.

Power supply

Mains inlet for the PSU: switched, fused, pre-wired.

2020 aluminum extrusion, cut to 320 mm (pieces A and G).

2020 aluminum extrusion, cut to 158 mm (pieces B and H).

2020 aluminum extrusion, cut to 154 mm (piece C).

2020 aluminum extrusion, cut to 238 mm (piece E).

2020 aluminum extrusion, cut to 274 mm (piece F).