Mass Production SMT Line!

Assembling circuit boards in mass production is a whole different ball game. Tanner from Tritium Electronics was gracious with his time and let the Opulo crew take a visit and see how he operates his SMT line!

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[tannerewing]

Thanks Stephen! It was a blast showing you and your team around Tritium!

[ProtonOne]

We now use selective wave soldering, where there is actually a moving head going with a tiny solder wave to the locations where the solder is needed. Has the advantage that you don't need all these expensive, board-specific masking trays designed and manufactured. It's not as fast and efficient when you run very large jobs of the same boards, but for a line where you run small batches and prototypes it's a pretty nice extension to have.

[Gejuch]

As a SMT operator its quite funny to watch, because things that u seeing is so natural and obvious to me. I'm pretty sure that if u watched some of SMT assembly machines, your project would be much more simpler for u to build. Greetings from Poland

[theAGanimators]

I love how passionate you are about the technology. The MG-1R is impressive but it's a 10-12 year old machine with pneumatic feeders and is a bit out of date to be referencing as state of the art (nothing to be ashamed of though). If you are ever in AZ get in touch and I'll get you into a few shops running current generation Yamaha (yes, the MG-1R is actually a Yamaha machine, sold in the Americas and Europe as Assembleon). I've been selling them for over 30 years.

[DTExplore-UniqueD]

Astounding!!😊I'm working as a SMT Operator for 5 years in Romania. 😊

[seanygh]

Nice to see your passion, i worked on high production pick and place machines in the 90s, building LMB satellite boards for Amstrad on the up and coming sky bsb, brings back memories

[brian-oakes]

my jaw dropped at the chip sequencer, so cool!

[CapnBry]

Heck yeah! I'm sure these details seem obvious to people that use these every day but man do I love getting to hear real details about how these machines work in ways I didn't expect.

[Brian-S]

This is so awesome man I've been following your series for about a year now. I got into fpv drones about 2 years ago and thought it was weird how everything in the fpv hobby is made in China? It got me interested in how hard something like setting up exactly what you did is. Big props man I wish I had a 10th of the knowledge you do but I'm just beginning my journey into PCB design so I probably won't need a pick n place for a long long time but when I do I know exactly where to find the perfect one. The thing I really loved about this series is how open with everything you are and I hope you keep on doing exactly what you've been doing, I'm enjoying the journey. Great inspiration 🤙🤟👌

[MAYERMAKES]

Just imagine how many workshops might start with a lumen pnp and the nmove on to industrial sizes.. but I'd still keep the lumen around fro the prototypes.

[RazDesignAB]

So cool! Very thankful for the work you have put in to this machine! Its people like you that make the community and makerspace culture make progress! Keep it going Stephen!

[MarionMakarewicz]

Dang, MRRF was not on my radar this year. I would have gone just to meet you guys. Neat to see these shops still cranking it out in the US.

[Blamm]

Why did he "nope" so hard on the Chipquick paste? :D Did you get a good other recommendation from him perhaps? ;)

[yuxuanhuang]

That is some scale production. Love these contents

[ElectronicSupersonic]

Sorry I missed you at MRRF! Maybe next year. Thanks for the instructional video!

[thinkhelpservice]

this is one of the best videos you have done this year - so interesting and great narration and explanations - thank you so much!

[thomasgaudette]

I was reminiscing thru the whole video 😊

[Factory]

I have an SMT line and once upon a time....that was the biggest challenge.

Right now, the hardest part is just finding parts.

[jurgenaddicks]

This is like Disneyland for nerds, they should sell tickets and offer guided tours to see this amazing production line. 😀

[nullify.]

That optical PCB checker at the end of the line could be a interesting open source hardware project. Just put a camera on the end of a 3d printer then use some sort of optical detection for board validation.