Patriot Memory Factory Tour in Fremont, CA, USA

Patriot Memory Factory Tour in Fremont, CA, USA
By Gabriel Torres on September 21, 2005	Page 3 of 5
Putting the Components Next the components are added to the PCB in a process called pick-and-place. click to enlarge Figure 5: This machine is putting memory chips on the memory module. click to enlarge 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”. click to enlarge Figure 7: One manufacturing line at Patriot memory. click to enlarge 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. click to enlarge Figure 9: Visual inspection.
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