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Re: robot for circuit boards
Hall D Electronics:
Hi Elke
The idea was to explore whether DOE university funds controlled
by Brad could be used to reimburse JLab for the $10K (depreciated
value) of the robotics. If you think this is worth pursuing I will
call Brad first thing Monday morning..
Cheers
Alex
ps - best wishes for a successful eir
At 11:50 AM -0400 9/8/07, Elke-Caroline Aschenauer wrote:
>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
>> >
>> >
>> >
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