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Making in Industry

It is important that you understand how the electronics industry operates. You need to show that you understand how your product might be made commercially.

You can ether make separate page/s that link your work to industry or you can show how your work links to industry by adding info in to your pages where appropriate.

· Pick and place components assembly machines

Watch a video of a pick and place machine in action (google video)

· CAD and CAM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD < what is CAD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_manufacturing < what is CAM

watch a video of a machine making a shoe mould < this is CAM (computer aided manufacture)

· Scale of production, one-off, batch, and mass production.

· Quality control, inspection, codes of working.

· Vacuum Forming and Injection Moulding machines

· Printed Circuit Board Manufacture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board < what is a PCB

http://www.technologystudent.com/pcb/PCB3A.htm < how to make a PCB