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.

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