I'm not sure adding a shaker will change our throughput tbh. Currently the characterization arm is 100% busy with even one shaker -- it uses the shaking time to set up other consumables.
To increase throughput we will need to relieve the arm of some tasks. Maybe we need to think about a little powder collection cell/assembly line where we:
place a crucible on a cart
cart moves over, ball is dispensed
moves, cap is dispensed on top
moves into vertical shaker
moves back to start position where the robot arm can resume
I'm not sure adding a shaker will change our throughput tbh. Currently the characterization arm is 100% busy with even one shaker -- it uses the shaking time to set up other consumables.
To increase throughput we will need to relieve the arm of some tasks. Maybe we need to think about a little powder collection cell/assembly line where we: