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See an Electronics' factoryThis tour is of a another, larger, factory (not our own) - one which may even have made the PC (or a component of the PC) that you are using to view this web page.
PCB Laminate production plant.
The First stage of PCB Laminate Manufacture - Bare Laminates being drilled
Bare Laminates with solder mask, prior to tinning
A completed Bare Laminate - after gold plating of the edge connectorAn electronics' assembly plant
Bare PCB Laminates entering a pick-and-place machine
Close up of a pick and place machine locating a PLCC chip
Axial components are stripped from separate bandoliers, and placed on a single roll
Axial components, from a single bandolier made in the last step, being assembled onto the PCB in an auto-insertion machine
PCBs exiting from reflow soldering
Visual inspection for defects
Hand assembly line for remaining componentry on the board
Close up of hand assembly, and nearly completed product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||