Exiting the oven the modules go through a visual inspection, where the manufacturer looks for errors on the memory module manufacturing. At Kingston this step is totally automated, contrary to other factories we’ve been to.

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Figure 13: Visual inspection machinery.

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Figure 14: Visual inspection machine looking for errors.

Passing the visual inspection, the panel goes to a machine to be cut, i.e., to separate the memory modules that until now were stuck together.

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Figure 15: Depanelization machine.

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Figure 16: Leftovers from the depanelization process.

The modules exit the depanelization machine and go to a labeler, where a robot also organizes the modules.

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Figure 17: Modules being organized in a tray just after being labeled.