New Pick and Place machine arrives at Castle

[Pdelcast]

New machine is being installed in our Kansas facility as I type this --

Universal Instruments GC-120 Genesis
Quad Lightning head (30 placement spindles per head)
Linear VRM motor drive (no screw drive)
132,000 parts per hour placement maximum

[BrianG]

ooooh, machine porn!

It's a better reason than ever to take a couple-hour road trip for a little tour...

[johnrobholmes]

you KNOW I can't wait for production to start again!!!


Gonna have parts flying everywhere! It will sound like a Gatling gun!

[GT35R]

Good time to make a bigger v4 MMM with no fan.. oh and a higher BEC output.. and waterproof

[Metallover]

Will this lower the prices on your products at all? Before or after you pay off that machine? I'm no expert on fancy machines but it looks like that costs a lot more then a nice angus steer; and there's no question which I'd rather have.

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by Metallover

Will this lower the prices on your products at all? Before or after you pay off that machine? I'm no expert on fancy machines but it looks like that costs a lot more then a nice angus steer; and there's no question which I'd rather have.

How much does an Angus steer cost?

[Metallover]

Originally Posted by Pdelcast

How much does an Angus steer cost?

You could probably get one for around $1000. If you just want to cheap cow to show off to the guys at the CC shop, you could probably get one for under $500; However, its angus FTW!

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by Metallover

You could probably get one for around $1000. If you just want to cheap cow to show off to the guys at the CC shop, you could probably get one for under $500; However, its angus FTW!

Well then, that machine cost about as much as 350 angus cows (not the cheap ones... )

[johnrobholmes]

dang, thats not bad. I was figuring you dropped closer to 1/2 or 3/4 mil.


Can it pick and place the meat on my sandwich?

[snellemin]

That is such a naughty pic, it being all open and stuff.

[Pdelcast]

Originally Posted by johnrobholmes

Can it pick and place the meat on my sandwich?

EEwwww... You would have to get the meat in really small pieces, and then put it in a tape or matrix feeder... And I don't know how well the conveyors would work with bread...

The reflow oven would make a nice pizza though. As long as you didn't mind the fumes from the flux.

[TexasSP]

So the linear drive probably increases speed and accuracy quite a bit over a screw drive? I am sure there is some kind of high resolution encoder detecting position?

That's a nice machine, I can imagine the excitement right now in the shop!

[Dadx2mj]

Pardon my ignorance but what exactly does this machine do?

[bdebde]

Originally Posted by Dadx2mj

Pardon my ignorance but what exactly does this machine do?

Puts the parts on the circuit boards for the castle controllers!

[brushlessboy16]

It assembles really good miniature sandwiches!