Electronics assembly pick and place machine (Multitronics 2000LX)

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Type	Pick & Place
Make/Model	Multitronics 2000LX
Serial number	??
Original owner	Solarbotics
Loan status	Donated to Protospace
Arrival date	Pre 2013
Location	Main Bay
Functional status	Working
Usage permissions	Open to Members & Friends
Certification	Training required
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Label	1.0" 1.5" 2.0"

Specs

• Computer is 486DX2, 4MB RAM, 512MB IDE(?) harddrive.

Notes

• Picks SMT electronic components off of rails and places them on circuitboards automatically.
• Used when populating medium to large quantities of identical circuits
• Boots & Moves and was working when donated, but is complicated and has not yet been used by Protospace.
• Is somewhat tedious to program, best for large production runs
• Is old, probably not accurate for smallest modern form factor surface mount components

History

• 04Mar2013 - Jeremie, Mark, Colin, Dan D, Danny repair broken air intake, Compressor_(White) was repaired and works well. Circuithacker has built a compressor for it. Air drier installed. Replaced CRT with large LCD. Diagnosed & labelled all feeders.
• ??Apr2013 - Robb donated larger security TV to replace miniature CRT.

Repair Notes

• Drops components from 1cm away. Unsure if by purpose or fault. Not tested with solder pasted components, loose components bounce off target.
• Requires extra nozzles for different parts types
• Requires drive backup
• Might require new DIN-style keyboard