What Qbranch does in the off-season...

[Qbranch]

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I've been CD'ing... but, I'm back.

Wasn't quiet sure where to put this, but since it has to do with a career, why not.

I'm sure I'm not the only high-school-first'er that's gotten a technical job out there... but to those of you that don't have a job thats up your alley... just a reminder there's always another engineering place looking for a few good FIRST'ers.

Anyhow, here's what I do at my summer job. At ECU, I design and build manufacturing equipment used to build industrial control modules (everything from turn signal blinkers for a humvee to hybrid locomotive APU pack controllers). This is the first project I've gotten finished so far this summer.

In short, this machine loads printed circuit boards and pallets of other materials onto the conveyor of a new production line being designed and built to manufacture a whole new line of industrial controls. The machine (dubbed the Magazine Loader) has a four-station rotary magazine changer capable of handling 200lbs that can load any of it's four magazines onto an elevator, which can index to any slot in the magazine. Then, a pneumatic gizmo pulls the boards or pallets onto the conveyor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RblH8bxZYCM

Fancy, no?

Comments appreciated.

Thanks, and see you all at IRI!

-q