Wirebonding Factory Tour
Wirebonding is a technique you’re probably familiar with if you’ve ever taken apart a cheap toy.
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Manual Board Population/SMT Factory Tour
When you make a lot of a board, you get a fully automated SMT line. But what about when you only make 5? Programming a SMT line takes time and is expensive. So you can do the dumb thing – do them by hand!
South China Material City Tour
With my back still in significant pain from the previous nights massages, it was time for the South China Material City.
Chinese Massage Parlor
In the evening of the 23rd, we took a trip over to a local massage parlor. Before you crack any jokes about what goes on in the massage parlor (yes, that does still exist if you want to find it), that’s not why we wen...
Furniture Factory Tour
For Day 23 we’re going to take a look at a furniture factory. This is a HUGE factory; probably the largest we saw on our trip, spanning many many hangars. Unfortunately I didn’t take too many pictures at this factory.