New Pick and Place machine arrives at Castle - RC-Monster Forums

Metallover · 06.22.2009, 12:31 PM

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 · 06.22.2009, 12:37 PM

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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 · 06.22.2009, 12:39 PM

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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 · 06.22.2009, 12:44 PM

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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 · 06.22.2009, 12:50 PM

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?

Pdelcast · 06.22.2009, 01:32 PM

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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.

mistercrash · 06.23.2009, 10:20 AM

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Will this lower the prices on your products at all?

Lower cost is nice but not always the ultimate goal. I don't know much about running a business but when investing in new machinery that increases production and gives a higher quality product, the consumer benefits from it even if the price stays the same. The company can benefit from higher profits which can be reinvested in more high end machinery to produce even higher quality products still at the same price. Or invest more into R&D to come up with better, more powerful products (with no fans and better switches

) for the consumer still at the same price. Anyway, thanks for showing us the progress, I worked in factories for 20 years and I like this kind of stuff.