Bolt/Screw Separation Device | Sort by Size

Video About the Designing process, the functionality the Assembly and more!

Motorized Bolt/Screw sorting machine for M2-M6 Bolts.

This Machine Sorts your bolts by their size. 

For more info watch the Video on Top

Supported Screw/Bolts Sizes:

• M2
• M3
• M4
• M5
• M6

Max Length: 60mm

Important! Bolts that are too short for their size will cause problems as their dont self align then in the modules. 

Example: M6x8 is too short but M6x12 works

Nuts are not supported.

Tested Screw/Bolt Types:

Cylinder head screws

They work great as the device was designed specifically for them

Countersunk head screws

They get lifted standing alot and get stuck on the ramp quite often. They require quite some manual error fixing.

Its probably easier to sort them by hand.

hex screws/bolts

They Work but sometimes get stuck in the printing lines during the lifting process. This stops the machine and you need to push the bolt manually to continue. They sometimes have problems rolling to the next wall because of their hex head shape. 

Part list:

1x Hopper

1x Lifter

1x Motorblock

1x Rahmen

1x TrayFrame

1x Separator

2x Tray

1x RotaryLockKey

3x RotaryLock

1x MotorGear

1x LiftergearL

1x LiftergearR

2x ConnectorShort

1x Clamp

1x ModulM3 (Gap size 4.3mm)

1x ModulM4 (Gap size 5.8mm)

1x ModulM5 (Gap size 7.3mm)

1x ModulM6 (Gap size 8.8mm)

More Modules from 2mm to 7mm in 0.2mm steps available on my PATREON 

PRINTING

i printed all parts with 0.2mm and a 0.4mm nozzle.

The only parts that require Support are the Lifter

and the Body (worked for me without support as well but its cleaner with support)

Motor

I chose the LA001 Motor Makerworld offers. You can purchase it directly from here.

but you can buy the Motor from other sources as well.

You can plug in into a powerbank or any other 5V usb slot.

2 M3x25 Screws are required to screw the motor to the Motorblock

Assembly

There are Assembly instructions at the end of the Youtube video on Top

HOW TO USE

You Pour your bolts into the hopper (only supported types and sizes)

Then you place in the Modul of the biggest bolts you have

You plug in the motor to a Powerbank and let the device run until the hopper is empty.

one tray should contain bolts that are smaller than the Modul size and the other tray should contain only the size of the modul.

As the device is not 100% accurate there might be some bolts in that tray. (more about the accuracy later). Now you can either remove the few wrongly sorted bolts by hand or sort the bolts from that tray again.

Empty the tray with the Modul bolts. 

After that you switch the modul to the next size and pour the bolts from the other tray back in the hopper and repeate the whole process until all bolts are sorted.

!IMPORTANT!  I do not reccomend to leave the device alone when running. stay in the same room in case of jams or other failures happen

ACCURACY

I did many tests and the average error rate is about 2%. This may vary for you.

My tests contained the following screws of random sizes:

• 25 M2 screws
• 25 M3 screws
• 25 M4 screws
• 25 M5 screws
• 25 M6 screws

Support:

You can support me by Boosting the Model, Subscribing to my Youtube Channel or

•  PATREON

• Coffee.

FAQ:

• What happens with bolts bigger than M6?
  • They will not be picked up by the lifter and remain in the Hopper
• Why the Standard digital file license?
  • This is a requirement to join the exclusive model program from makerworld

SORT BOLTS BY LENGTH:

You might be interested in These 2 Devices that sort screws by Length (a More modulare one will be next)

https://makerworld.com/en/models/747968#profileId-681246

https://makerworld.com/en/models/765163#profileId-700314