Super Talent Factory Tour in San Jose, CA, USA
By Gabriel Torres on March 10, 2006 Page 4 of 7

Oven

From the second SMT insertion machine the panel goes to an oven, where the solder paste is melted, thus making the components to stick to the PCB.

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Figure 7: Oven.

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Figure 8: Panel coming out of the oven.

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Figure 9: Panel at the end of the manufacturing line.

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Figure 10: Another panel coming out of the oven.

Each line manufactures a single product type. Figures 8, 9 and 10 were taken at the end of different manufacturing lines.


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