User`s manual

Chapter 1 Installation

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Also Available From Exatron:

The Model 3000B

with Eight Automatic Inputs

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eight-tube Octoloader is an ambient automatic eight-tube loader. The standard Model 3000B

comes equipped with this octoloader which is a moving metal plate holding up to eight tubes of devices,

controlled by the handler's CPU by means of a stepper motor. The plate automatically moves both left

and right, positioning each tube of devices over the handler input track. When the input track is emptied,

the octoloader automatically searches for tubes with devices. The octoloader has a sensor mounted at its

junction with the input track. The octoloader can "see" a device jam and stop its own movement to

prevent breaking the jammed device. The octoloader also has an automatic "wiggle" jam-clearing

operation which it will implement immediately in an effort to remove the jam without operator assistance.

Model 3000B octoloaders use a Snap-On plate which is specifically fitted with tube holders for a given

device application.

All Model 3000B Handlers not intended to be used on a "FRED," (Free Rolling E

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Dolly) are

supplied with bench-top base plates which must be bolted directly to a bench or table top to secure the

handler. Each plate includes two sets of tilt bars which enable the handler's tilt angle to be altered for

specific applications. The tilt angle is critical for ceramic DIPs and LCCs since too much drop angle may

cause chipping of the packages.

The Model 3010B

with One Elevated Temperature Track

The Model 3010B Hot Rail adds a single track hot rail to the input of the handler. This track holds twenty

inches of devices in order to preheat them prior to test. The temperature range of the Hot Rail is ambient

to +125

C. AC heaters are located within the Hot Rail. Exceptional temperature control is maintained by

constantly monitoring four points in the Rail and four points in the Test Site. The guaranteed accuracy is

C everywhere in the Soak Rail and

C in the Test Site. All four "zones" in the hot rail are

controlled by an E

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-designed computerized temperature controller.

The input of the Hot Rail has a manually operated two-input tube holder assembly.

All Model 3010B Handlers are supplied with a Free Rolling E

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Dolly ("FRED.") For operation, the

handler is to be mounted onto this floor stand which has four large tires for easy positioning and four floor

jacks to lock it into place.