LostWorm

You should check that priority date again.

It is covered under US Patent 9,664,488

The Case Extraction system is a patent pending product produced by AmmoBot LLC for use only with AmmoBot Rev2 (or newer when the time comes) auto drive systems. You are correct, however, as it works amazingly well for separating small primer 45 ACP and 45 GAP cases from large primer cases while processing without the need to manually remove the cases. It is very consistent as well. You can just put a small 6" bucket next to the machine and it will just toss the rejected cases right into it.

Let us know what it comes to. You can contact me directly regarding order information and possible replacement if necessary.

Does it get too hot to touch? You may have a motor problem.

It's due to the motor inductance building up enough of a charge to back feed power into the drive. When there is enough power the drive "enables" causing the motor to try to hold whatever position it is in. @MeatPuppet is right. It's all sciency. ?

It is suggested to put a small fan your bench that will move air across the cooling fins on the motor. Heat builds up faster than can be dissipated during long sessions. Lots of power going through that motor. It gets "rough" because the motor body expands under high heat and makes the internal tolerances tighter.

Here is the link to another forum thread where an owner speaks of his experience with his AmmoBot. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=193588&page=4#entry2494961

I'm an AmmoBot owner. We now have a vendor forum. I am also willing to answer any questions you have.

Thanks!

How fast can that thing go?

It's not for sale yet.

There are other players in the game now. You should take another look and see what's out there. In my humble opinion, PW isn't even an option. I've used one myself and spent more time fixing a broken press than actually loading ammo.

That's not the same machine you had in your previous video. Part of the problem with a rotary drive is that it requires modification to the 1050. The AmmoBot is a bolt on.

It does keep going. The machine stops automatically when it runs out of primers, so that is an excellent opportunity to fill the powder hopper when necessary. None of the companies that build automation for the 1050 recommend running their machine unsupervised, including us. So, there shouldn't be a problem with running out of powder.

PLCs are usually priced out of the range of something someone is going to want to pay for a machine. Although that may work great for you, it's probably not feasible for building and sending to hundreds or thousands of people wanting to have bolt-on automation for their 1050. We will be adding functionality later on that will accomplish the same thing without having to use limit switches or measuring motor load. How fast can you run that setup, if you don't mind my asking?

It stops with the arm in the up position. You'd then need to index all the cases back one position and check everything. However, it would be best to be watching when it happened and hit the handheld kill switch to stop it when the jam occurs.

We use a stepper motor, which works using magnetic fields. If a jam occurs, the magnetic fields are overcome and the motor slips internally. The machine then detects a short stroke when the arm returns to the home position. We have a video that shows what happens. This functionality was there from the beginning, so the video is of a previous version of the machine. The current production version still contains this functionality. Here's the link to the video: More videos on this machine can be found on our Media page:

We are working on a new drive that reduces the noise output from the motor. It is also much smoother. The new drive is going out on current production machines ordered from this point forward. Please contact me if you have any more questions about the AmmoBot. Do you have something planned that wont raise the press so high? I only have 5 inches above the casefeeder as is. We don't have an option to go shorter with the current configuration. We need every bit of the space we have for machine adjustments.

I'd be more than happy to discuss any concerns you have with our setup, or put you in touch with existing customers.

The handle doesn't move that fast. I let it hit me on several occasions on purpose. All it does is push you out of the way. As far as chains stretching and the like, that's why we built in adjustments for it. I will say, however, that after a year of running one myself the chain stretch was nearly unnoticeable. Timing belts and the pulleys that make them work are unnecessarily expensive. Look at the difference in price between the Mark7 and the AmmoBot MK1. The $1400 added price difference for the Mark 7 isn't all in the touchscreen. In regards to another post on here, a pace of 1600 rounds per hour isn't slow by any measure I've ever heard of. I'm not dogging the Mark 7, or even the Forcht system. We just opted for a simpler approach.