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Production Equipment at Parallax

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
edited 2010-07-14 10:28 in General Discussion
Those who attended UPEW this year were treated to an awesome collection of production hardware in which Parallax has invested.

For the rest, there is full detail and pictures here: www.parallax.com/MadeintheUSA/ProductionEquipment/tabid/885/Default.aspx

Just one question... Where's the Intel "Bunny Suits"? [noparse]:)[/noparse] The guy running the CNC router looks very comfortable. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

OBC

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  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2010-07-12 22:52
    OBC, thanks for posting this -- everyone should look, this is a good behind the scenes of what a manufacturing operation looks like. You only see bunny suits when you're working with exposed semiconductors and ultra-small stuff. For mere circuit boards, shirtsleeves are the norm.

    A few years ago I toured the production facility of one of the largest manufacturers of weighing equipment in the world. The running joke got to be "here's another machine that cost $800,000." They have a CNC mill capable of handling both ferrous and nonferrous metals large enough to create the panels for a truck scale (think modules 10 feet wide and 14 feet long), and a robotic welder capable of assembling them and welding them together all automatically. You could walk from the area where this kind of work is performed, in a single large building, to the area where strain gages are applied to load cells and circuit boards are wave-soldered, without walking through any doors.
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2010-07-12 23:08
    Nice post Jeff,

    I remember wearing a "Bunny Suit" back in the 80's when I was servicing photoplotters at Digital Equipment, (DEC). They where making 8- layer boards for the VAX equipment line. Air locks and all.
    I also remember they had two robots that would deliver parts between the departments based on buried wire technology. They were name Tweedledum and Tweedledee. No avoidance built in, so I was told to "stay out of their way"

    Jim
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2010-07-12 23:21
    hover1 said...
    Nice post Jeff,

    I remember wearing a "Bunny Suit" back in the 80's when I was servicing Gerber photoplotters at Digital Equipment, (DEC). They where making 8- layer boards for the VAX equipment line. Air locks and all.
    I also remember they had two robots that would deliver parts between the departments based on buried wire technology. They were name Tweedledum and Tweedledee. No avoidance built in, so I was told to "stay out of their way"

    Jim
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2010-07-14 10:28
    Wow, nice assortment of goodies!

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