There is an important change for VP-2500HP and VP-2800HP we can take 10mm tall parts and the space left between PCB and part is 5mm.
So the total range is 15mm!
VP-2500HP taking a 10mm tall cap!
I think the point of the question SmallSMT is the
maximum height component which can be placed at anytime,
onto any area of the board.
It is great that you can select a 10mm high component, but as you're aware, this component could not actually be placed on any board confidently [without logical software-determined path control and placement-order management], which had several other components of the same size. It appears with a total operating height of 15mm, the
largest safe component would be ~7mm in height [allowing for ~1mm of component separation at 'fly-over' points].
PS:
The 'new May scheduled machine' looks like a big move in the right direction.
Any thoughts about introducing a linear encoder on the rails?