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RRodgers
09-28-2013, 03:59 PM
How many screws does it take to hold a cover on?!?!! 8 I guess. It took 8 screws to hold this cover on, WTF!!!!

Hansoon
09-28-2013, 05:00 PM
Without knowing that machine, I'm almost sure it must be a KonicaMinolta. Their engineers hate when the covers just fly away with the slightest breeze......

Hans

paulrid
09-28-2013, 05:51 PM
I think KM must own a screw factory.

Eric1968
09-28-2013, 07:53 PM
Did you ever remove the two rear covers of the Kyocera Taskalfa 250ci? 15 screws...

KenB
09-28-2013, 10:06 PM
I remember the Canon whiteboard, I think the C60, which had something like 100 screws to hold the main panel in place. What a pain!

All this "screwiness", though, makes me think, "Does your company allow you to use an electric screwdriver?"

These days, I know we're allowed, but years ago, no.

Just wonderin'...

Mr Spock
09-28-2013, 11:54 PM
I would guess either bizhub 950 or c6500 family....

blackcat4866
09-29-2013, 12:32 AM
Okidata is great for prodigious use of screws. I seem to recall 83 screws to remove the cover for the circuit board cage on the C7300 ... then remove the boards ... then remove 35 more screws for the inner side of the circuit board cage. =^..^=

fixthecopier
09-29-2013, 01:55 AM
At least when you remove the screws, the cover comes off, unlike some printers, which seem like a brain teaser puzzle. You have 1 screw to remove, then you get to figure out which cover over laps another, and which magic tab you have to depress.

ZOOTECH
09-29-2013, 03:36 AM
At least when you remove the screws, the cover comes off, unlike some printers, which seem like a brain teaser puzzle. You have 1 screw to remove, then you get to figure out which cover over laps another, and which magic tab you have to depress.
Yep, those magic tabs often are broken off in frustration. :mad:

Eric1968
09-29-2013, 08:00 AM
Okidata is great for prodigious use of screws. I seem to recall 83 screws to remove the cover for the circuit board cage on the C7300 ... then remove the boards ... then remove 35 more screws for the inner side of the circuit board cage. =^..^=


That brings back memories, the C7300... I still feel pain in my wrists when I think about it...:D

fixthecopier
09-29-2013, 11:46 AM
Yep, those magic tabs often are broken off in frustration. :mad:


That is called a "field modification" by the tech.

pepper38_cnd
09-29-2013, 01:25 PM
You can thank the FCC (at least the screw manufactures can). They have a crazy very complicated formula for calculating the number of Fasteners / screws that should be placed on an EMI Shielding plate for an electronic device. But the long and short of it is place a screw about every 2 inches if the plate/cover/shield is made of unpainted metal. You don't even want to see what it is if the metal is painted! That's why they stopped using the old black metal covers.

RRodgers
09-29-2013, 05:16 PM
You can thank the FCC (at least the screw manufactures can). They have a crazy very complicated formula for calculating the number of Fasteners / screws that should be placed on an EMI Shielding plate for an electronic device. But the long and short of it is place a screw about every 2 inches if the plate/cover/shield is made of unpainted metal. You don't even want to see what it is if the metal is painted! That's why they stopped using the old black metal covers.

I always figured it had something to do with EMI, and that cover does go over some connectors but it's just a pain in the ass to remove all those screws... Can we hit them with a law suit when we get Carpal Tunnel?

blackcat4866
09-29-2013, 10:29 PM
Thanks pepper38. That was an interesting read.

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