Re: robot for circuit boards

[Elke-Caroline Aschenauer <elke@jlab.org>]

Hall D Electronics:

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Paul Smith wrote:

Dear Paul,

thanks for your quick answer that sounds like a plan.
Your understanding that we at JLab have no place and also nobody for
operating/programming the machine is absolutely correct.
I think we have to do also quite some paperwork
form the JLab side. To investigate all this can you tell me please some
information so I can locate some paper work on the original contract for
the machine.
Is there a JLab property sticker on the machine and could you give me the
exact brand and type as well as maybe a serial number of the machine.
It might be an advantage if we get things settled before the warranty
contract expires, because that might make your negotiations with the
company easier.

Alex would you please tell me what you have done on this item and found
out. Actually why do you think that Brad Tippens has to give his okay for
this was the machine bought from special funds from him or just from
standard JLab funds.

Thanks elke



> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 22:15:22 -0400
> From: Paul Smith <ptsmith@indiana.edu>
> To: Elke-Caroline Aschenauer <elke@jlab.org>
> Cc: halld-electronics@jlab.org, Matthew Shepherd <mashephe@indiana.edu>,
>      Alex Dzierba <dzierba@indiana.edu>, Mitch Newcomer <mitch@hep.upenn.edu>,
>      Hal Evans <hgevans@indiana.edu>
> Subject: Re: robot for circuit boards
>
> Hi Elke,
>
> Alex was going to talk with someone at DOE (Brad Tippens?) about the
> possibility of JLab donating the machine to IU.  It is worth less
> than $10K after depreciation.  In some instances there is a tax write
> off for donating old equipment to a university, but I'm not sure if
> this applies to JLab.  If this donation happens IU will negotiate
> with BeamWorks for continued maintenance.  My understanding from the
> May discussions is that JLab/GlueX cannot afford to move the machine
> and train someone to use it, has no suitable place to put it, and
> will no longer pay for maintenance in any case.  I am happy to use
> the robot to do GlueX (or ATLAS) related jobs for Mitch or anyone
> else in the collaborations when the machine is appropriate for the
> task, and assuming we can keep it running, and subject to
> availability of my time since currently no one else at IU has been
> trained to program it for new boards.  I do have a technician who
> understands how to run the robot once it is programmed.
>
> regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Sep 7, 2007, at 7:13 PM, Elke-Caroline Aschenauer wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear Paul,
> >
> > I wanted to check base, in May we had some discussion on the robot for
> > circuit boards. FY07 is over soon and in the last email you send me
> > you
> > said you might want to find some solution for the robot.
> > http://www.jlab.org/ccc/mail_archives/HALLD/halld-electronics/
> > msg00057.html
> >
> > I was just wondering were we are with this. Did you maybe contact
> > Mitch
> > Newcomer to see he would be able to use the robot.
> >
> > Thanks elke
> >
> >
> >
> >  ( `,_' )+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=
> >   )    `\                                                  -
> >  /    '. |                                                  +
> >  |       `,              Elke-Caroline Aschenauer            =
> >   \,_  `-/                                                    -
> >   ,&&&&&V         Jefferson Lab                                +
> >  ,&&&&&&&&:       HALL-D 12C / F381       121-A Atlantic Avenue =
> > ,&&&&&&&&&&;      Mailstop: 12H5          Hampton, VA 23664      -
> > |  |&&&&&&&;\     12000 Jefferson Ave                             +
> > |  |       :_) _  Newport News, VA 23606  Tel.:  001-757-224-1216  =
> > |  |       ;--' | Mail:  elke@jlab.org    Mobil: 001-757-256-5224   -
> > '--'   `-.--.   |                                                    +
> >    \_    |  |---' Tel.:
> > 001-757-269-5352                             =
> >      `-._\__/     Fax.:
> > 001-757-269-6248                              -
> >             +=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-
> > +=-+=-+
>
>

 ( `,_' )+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=
  )    `\                                                  -
 /    '. |                                                  +
 |       `,              Elke-Caroline Aschenauer            =
  \,_  `-/                                                    -
  ,&&&&&V         Jefferson Lab                                +
 ,&&&&&&&&:       HALL-D 12C / F381       121-A Atlantic Avenue =
,&&&&&&&&&&;      Mailstop: 12H5          Hampton, VA 23664      -
|  |&&&&&&&;\     12000 Jefferson Ave                             +
|  |       :_) _  Newport News, VA 23606  Tel.:  001-757-224-1216  =
|  |       ;--' | Mail:  elke@jlab.org    Mobil: 001-757-256-5224   -
'--'   `-.--.   |                                                    +
   \_    |  |---' Tel.:  001-757-269-5352                             =
     `-._\__/     Fax.:  001-757-269-6248                              -
            +=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+=-+