Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] It's Alive!

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Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:52 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] It's Alive!


> Hi,
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> For those that asked, I got the Zevatech monster to churn out the
> first panels (12 G201s per panel) today. It's my new 14,000 parts
> hour, 3-head, 3,000 lb pick-and-place SMT machine. It goes up against
> the 150 lb Ursulla, who can manage 3,000 parts per hour when she is
> in a good mood.
>
> I had to wait for special feeders as well as the latest G201 boards
> that now have fiducial targets on them. The new machine requires them.
> Then it was 8 hours of tutoring on how to run the beast at $150 an
> hour on Saturday. I spent all day yesterday and a good part of today
> on co-ordinate entry (146 parts, about 18 keystrokes / part), part
> descriptor data and pick location parameters. I finally got to push
> the magic green "Go" button about 4PM.
>
> Big difference.
>
> This machine can remove major body parts if you get in its way. My
> guess is about 150 lbs of gantry stuff is moving at 4 feet per second.
> The thing "walks" on the floor though it weighs a ton and a half.
> I'll have to get some rubber pads for its feet to stop that.
>
> >From start to finish a panel took 11 minutes to Ursulla's 45 minutes.
> Impressive to watch as well. I'll take a couple of pix of it in
> action and post them if anyone is interested. The boards were perfect
> by the way; every part, all 1,752 of them landed within .001" of
> where they were supposed be.
>
> Mariss
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