Re: 0 to 1,000 in 18 hr 33 min; Whoohoo!

Thanks for the update.

I think a lot of us have been enjoying the changes, from Ursula, to
when you got the new one, to for profe$$ional traning, to vibration
dampers...

Seems no you can answer more questions on here or write mor papers...

and, watch out, it'll be pretty soon when it talks longer to send out
all the invoices than make the boards !

Dave
(a problem I wish I had)



--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Mariss Freimanis"
<mariss92705@y...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just finished running off 1,008 (84 panels, 12 per panel) G320-
> REV7s on my new pick-and-place machine today. This is the 3,000

IPM,

> (yes, really 3,000 IPM) 12-servo, 4-laser, 3,000 lb, 5' by 5' by 5'
> monster that replaces Ursulla, the evil and cantankerous benchtop
> machine.
>
> This was the first real shakedown cruise to see what it can really
> do. It took 18 hours and 33 minutes to find out. It also took 2
> months to learn how to program her and to learn her ways.
>
> Here's the stats:
>
> 126,000 parts placed (125 surface mount parts in the G320).
> 270 miss-picked and/or rejected parts.
> 66.25 seconds to assemble a G320.
> 6,792 parts placed per hour.
>
> I started about 3:30AM when I'm usually up and ready to go, and
> finished at 10PM. I'm a "morning person" and I sleep 6 hrs by

habit,

> so it was pretty much a normal day for me.
>
> My day's result is an 8" by 8" by 11" volume of finished panels.

They

> all need to be inspected under a micrscope (all 1,000) tomorrow for
> placement defects before they are sent out to the contract

electronic

> assembly shop that adds all the thru-hole components and returns

the

> finished assemblies for final test.
>
> I'm as tired as a dog, at this speed I have been running all day to
> keep the "monster" fed with parts; 126,000 today. 5,000 resistors

and

> 4,000 capacitors per 8mm reel, 48 and 96 ICs per tube for the

linear

> feeders. It eats a lot and it eats often!
>
> Altogeth a terrific day. 1,000 drives, a month's supply in just 1
> day. Ursulla took 10 days to do the same.
>
> Mariss