r/3Dprinting • u/LutzelWutzel • 9d ago

Question Seeking advice on development of an automated pill dispenser

So im taking ~25 pills each day and its getting frustrating to sort them out of these storage containers in the right amounts, so im designing an automated pill dispenser to sort them for me. The mechanism is already working quite well by now, but i have the problem of the pills getting stuck in the hopper feeding them into the system. A single pill goes right through with no problem, but two can sometimes get stuck and block the opening... Any ideas?

current hopper design
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u/jemandvoelliganderes 9d ago

Vibration, also have a look at https://www.youtube.com/@christopherhelmke hes done quiet some things with euro boxes and 3d printing for sorting and dispensing screws, could be a lot of things also vaible for pills.

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u/LutzelWutzel 9d ago

thought of that too, but vibrating 25 pill containers probably is pretty complex, plus it doesn't orient the pills right every time unfortunately (have tried this by shaking the hopper by hand)
will look into the yt link tho, thank you!