Auction of SMT lines and other equipment - Barking

[Mike]

https://www.troostwijkauctions.com/uk/remploy-smt-line---day-1/01-16847/

[SteveW]

I was surprised by the low price and no takers for the big PnP machines - The Quad Mirae jobs.
Is there something about them that makes them a pain to run? The specs I found make them sound quite spiffy...
(That said, the RV1s here are chuntering along nicely - it's just that I'm about to get some more floorspace

[Gopher]

I didn't see what they went for in the end but a brand new Mirae starts somewhere around £60k + feeders and those ones are 10 years old, based on similar machines that age I've had quotes on I'd think an equipped machine that age was somewhere IRO £40k installed. The economy, short time to collect.. who can say.
If you were looking to fill that space I doubt a Mirae would be the best idea, but a Mydata TP9 or MY?? from the same era could well be and there are lots of those about.
Or maybe you want an RV4s.... cough.

[SteveW]

They didn't sell, with a start price of £12500 , and had a load of feeders each.
I guess they were just too big to be an impulse purchase. Tempted, though. They'd better not have gone in a skip.