Halffull Sorry for not responding. I built mine to mimic the AMP annealer.
I don’t do mass quantities, so I did not see a need for doing an auto feed or drop system. Each case is loaded into the top via shell holder and when it is done, I just pull the shell holder and case out. I imagine you could incorporate an auto feed and drop system into my design, but you will more than likely need to build some type of platform to raise the unit up so cases can fall into a pan from the bottom. Also; when I insert my cases, they are upside down…case mouth and neck in downward position. If you want to add a drop shelf like the one mentioned in post 578, I imagine you can. The cases would then need to drop in, in the upward position with case mouth and neck facing upwards. The case feeder can be mounted to the top panel to drop the cases into the coil. You could also mount the coil, case feeder, and drop shelf on the outside of the housing…it’s all a matter of preference.
I made a few changes to mine since my last post. I added a led momentary push button to trigger the timer and changed my volt/amp meter. The volt/amp meter I’m currently running can monitor voltage, amps, watts, and temp. The timer relay is the original one have listed and is powered by a 12v PS. All fans, timer, relays, coolant pump are powered by the 12v PS. The only components using the 36v PS is the ZVS board and I believe the volt/amp meter…I will have double check that since it’s been a while since I tinkered with it. I wanted to keep the larger 36v PS dedicated to the ZVS board only to avoid robbing power from it to run smaller components.
I have my shunt wired up in between the 36v PS and the SSR relay and it stays powered on when the annealer is turn on (plugged in). If you wire the shunt in between the SSR relay and ZVS board, it will not power up or turn on until you hit the momentary button to activate the timer and SSR relay.
The timer I have listed has a built in activation switch that is wired up to the led momentary push button. When triggered it will activate the timer and SSR relay. I have a picture of it below. You want to wire the momentary button to the GND and Lower terminal with a small wire harness.
I just did a small batch of 50 cases and I have a few of them in a picture below. You can set different programs on the timer. I have mine set to start when I hit the momentary button, anneal for 4.4 seconds and then it kills the ZVS board for 10 seconds. Within that 10 seconds I pull out the case, load another one and then it starts the annealing process over again, and so on. When I’m done, I push the momentary button again and it stops the process.
I hope this is helpful and not too confusing. It’s 3:30 AM and I’m tired as hell.
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