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Patriot Memory Factory Tour in Fremont, CA, USA
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Articles Last Updated: September 21, 2005
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Putting the Components

Next the components are added to the PCB in a process called pick-and-place.

Patriot Memory Factory Tour
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Figure 5: This machine is putting memory chips on the memory module.

Patriot Memory Factory Tour
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Figure 6: A closer look.

After the components are added to the memory module, the modules go to an oven where the solder paste is melted, thus soldering the components. The set of insertion machine plus the oven is what is called “line”.

Patriot Memory Factory Tour
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Figure 7: One manufacturing line at Patriot memory.

Patriot Memory Factory Tour
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Figure 8: A panel coming out of the oven.

Exiting the oven an employee (usually a woman) is in charge of the visual inspection, where she looks for errors in the manufacturing process.

Patriot Memory Factory Tour
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Figure 9: Visual inspection.

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