I recently got a load of commercial copiers, and yesterday I decided to dismantle one. I just chose the closest one to my table, so it was just a random make/model. For 95% of the breakdown, I was generally delicate and didn't tear into anything. Just used a 6" extension on my cordless drill and a utility knife. In the 6th hour, as toner was spreading and my patience was receding, I turned to a 5lb sledge to speed things up on some things. Most of the more interesting and valuable parts were already removed by then. Total time spent was about 7 hours...some of which was spent messing around with different parts. For toner cleanup, it washes off pretty easily with regular soap and water. For spills on the ground and other things, I used a water mister to keep it from spreading too badly, and it also made cleanup easier. Toner is extremely light, so if you disturb it too much, it will probably kick up into the air.
I labeled a lot of the parts with numbers for ease of discussion if needed. I don't know what everything does, but will try to have some sort of description.
1 & 2 - Heaters.
3 - various switches
4 - motor
5 - powersupply
6 - ?
7 - control panel - there's a board inside this
8,9 - ?
10 - motor that reflects the laser
11,12 - ?
13 - looks pretty different, a lot of gold plating on this one
14 - some board with just large strips of gold plating
15 - memory card i think
16,17,18 larger boards
19 - shielding? weights?
20 - motors
21 - magnetic clutch motors
22 - fans
23 - IR sensors?
24 - servo?
25 - silver ends on ribbon
26 - thin wires and connectors
27,28 - thicker wires
29 - metal gears
30 - lift handles for copier
31 - heavy stainless? spindle coated with rubber. started shaving it off, then gave up
32 - lots of spindles
33 - drums aluminum
34 - stainless?
35 - bearings
36 - asst springs
37 - copper?
38 - copper?
39 - plenty of screws, washers, and bits
There is a lot of plastic leftover...not sure what to do about that. There are a lot of plastic gears and such as well. There is at least 50 lbs of steel. I also didn't show the glass top, some mirrors, and plastic lenses. Also, a metal cart on casters.
Hope you find this useful!
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