ploopyco / pnp-feeder

An automated feeder for pick and place machines.
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More aggressive ratchet wheel teeth on inside #7

Open Dloranger opened 3 years ago

Dloranger commented 3 years ago

I found with my printer the ratchet wheel the inner teeth were too rounded and I tended to have 1-2 teeth where the ratchet would not catch to continue driving the wheel around (without any drag from tape yet even).

I modified the design to have these inner teeth be more aggressive to ensure a complete ratchetting. This required a minor trim to the advancement tongue with an exacto knife but works reliably now

Tape Advance Wheel aggressive teeth.zip