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 |
| Wiki-ID | [[{{{id}}}]] |
| 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