The TVM920 is no "little" machine.
It is 43.5" wide x 32" deep x 30" tall
Also, take into consideration it weights about 250Lbs without monitor, monitor arm, keyboard, feeders, etc.
The side mounted monitor is not included in the dimensions either, and neither are the feeders which can easily hang out up to 21" on either side of the machine (12mm feeder with 330mm diameter reel installed).
So, all said you are looking at just over 74" (6'2") in depth not taking int consideration that you need access to both front and back to deal with feeders, and load / unload circuit boards.
But if size is not an issue, so far I am very impressed with build quality. The machine work is exceptional. All machined parts are anodized black, and the machine bed is perfectly flat, without any machining marks. They must have machined to tolerance, ground and anodized, or purchased pre-finished stock machine base stock, as it has a beautiful brushed anodized finish.
The cabinet is solid. All electronics are accessed via removable covers on all sides of the machine.
- Built in Atom based PC, PCI based vision input card, and PC power supply on right side.
- Air Manifold for feeders / vacuum heads on front (30) and rear (30)
- Ethernet based control card, closed loop stepper drives, motor / control PSU, and IO board on left side.
All components are mounted on removable back planes, so servicing is going to be relatively easy should a component need replacing.
Manifolds are serviceable, and valve bodies can be removed individually, which is nice, considering I have seen others with bolt together manifolds which you must take completely apart to service a valve in the middle.....
Feeder air manifolds also are controller via separate control boards which appear to be connected to the main Ethernet based controller via serial network. Could be RS485 or CAN. I haven't dug in too deep yet. In any case, each bank of 30 solenoid valves has a separate control board on the serial control loop. In all there are 6 air manifolds, 3 x 10 valves in front, and 3 x 10 valves in back.
Machine also came with white LED lighting in the cabinet, which is a nice touch. It is controlled via a switch on the front panel.
There is a E-Stop button hard wired to drive power supplies. Computer is on separate circuit, so an E-Stop will not kill the computer.
There are also 3 push buttons on the front of the machine to allow for starting / stopping a board, pausing a board, or stepping through the board one component at a time. A nice feature so you don't have to go back to the PC keyboard / mouse every time you want to load and start a new board / panel.
Anyhow, I will try and post some pics later this week when things slow down for the long weekend here in Canada.
Rob@Thermaltech