1: Our marbles start off on a ramp leading down into the cart; this ramp has a gate at the start of it to allow marbles to pass through freely when they can.
2: As the marble waits at the gate to be processed, it is put through a test to determine what sorting area it should go through
3: The first test it goes through is to determine the size of the marble. After the size is determined it goes through the appropriate sorting channel, the two channels are big marbles and small marbles.
4: If the marble is small then it drops down into a separate channel, goes down a small ramp, and ends up in the appropriate sorting bin. At that point the sorting of small marbles would be tested to see whether or not they are magnetic.
5: If the small marble is magnetic then it will be picked up and put in a separate bin, yet if it is not then it will be pushed into the bin, thus finishing both the wood and the chromium marbles and their sorting.
6: If the marble is a large marble then it is dropped down into the cart where it then will go through another test, this test involves passing light through the marble and by doing that we can determine what kind of material the marble is made from due to the reflectivity.
7: After that test is completed the cart goes to the appropriate bin based on its results from the test, and pushes the marble into the bin by means of a piston pushing the marble off the cart.
We believe we will be able to sort our fifteen marbles in two minutes due to the fact that we have broken down each marble type into their simplest form.
Here is our prototype so far, sorry for the clutter.
That's actually a great shot of your machine. The only critique I have of the photo is to embed it larger inside your blog. That way a person might not need to click on it unless they really wanted to look at specific detail. As it stands, it's very difficult to make much out.
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