Ammunition reloading system
View Patent ↗An ammunition reloading system my have at least one local or remote controller connected to a volumetric dispenser and a kernel feeder. The controller can direct to flow of powder, such as gunpowder, to a vessel from the volumetric dispenser with a first granular resolution and from the kernel feeder with a second granular resolution where the second granular resolution is smaller than the first granular resolution.
1. An apparatus comprising a volumetric dispenser and a kernel feeder each connected to a controller and configured to feed powder to a vessel, the volumetric dispenser having a larger granular resolution than the kernel feeder, the volumetric dispenser having a first granular resolution and the kernel feeder has a second granular resolution, the second granular resolution determined by a prediction circuit of the controller.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the volumetric dispenser has a valve mechanism to dispense the first granular resolution.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the kernel feeder has a rotating wheel with at least one notch to dispense the second granular resolution.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the kernel feeder has an aperture communicating with a door to dispense the second granular resolution.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the volumetric dispenser and kernel feeder are each attached to a common rigid base.
6. A method comprising:
connecting a controller to a volumetric dispenser and a kernel feeder;
feeding powder to a vessel from the volumetric dispenser, the volumetric dispenser having a granular resolution greater than a kernel of powder; and
a kernel feeder connected to the controller and configured to feed powder to a vessel, the kernel feeder having a granular resolution of a single kernel of powder dispensed via a door adjusted by the kernel feeder.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the volumetric dispenser operates independently from the kernel feeder.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the door reduces a size of an aperture to dispense the single kernel of powder at a time.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the aperture is larger than the single kernel of powder and the door moves independent of the aperture.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the kernel feeder dispenses only the single kernel of powder to the vessel.
11. A method comprising:
dispensing a first volume of powder to a vessel via a volumetric dispenser having a first granular resolution as directed by a controller; and
feeding a second volume of powder to the vessel via a kernel feeder having a second granular resolution as directed by the controller, the second granular resolution determined by a prediction circuit connected to the controller.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the prediction circuit predicts a size of a single kernel of powder.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the size comprises a weight of the single kernel of powder.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the prediction circuit stores at least one prediction algorithm in local memory.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the prediction circuit logs powder characteristics during a calibration routine.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the calibration routine compares predicted and measured powder weights.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the prediction circuit updates the at least one prediction algorithm with one or more new measured powder weight.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the update alters the at least one prediction algorithm in response to the one or more new measured powder weight.
19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second granular resolution is a single kernel of powder and the controller dispenses a predetermined weight of powder to the vessel within a grain of the predetermined weight.