New machines arrive at Castle

[Pdelcast]

And here it is with the machines labelled. Note the fast production line is against the wall (with the quad and dual head machines) and the flexible line is closest (with the single head machines.)

The quad head chipshooter is capable of 135,000 parts per hour, the single head chipshooter is capable to about 30,000 parts per hour.

The dual head placer can place about 24,000 parts per hour, and the single head placer can do upwards of 16,000 parts per hour.

So the line throughput is approx. 160,000 parts per hour on the fast line, and 45,000 parts per hour on the flexible line. Real-world throughput is about half the rated...

Pretty sexy stuff...