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Walking Through a Big PCB Factory in China | JLCPCB

This is how boards are made. Watch how PCB is manufactured and how boards are assembled.
Chapters:
  • 00:00What is this video about
  • 00:14Raw material cut to panels
  • 01:21Cleaning PCB
  • 02:59Photosensitive film applied (Building layers L2 & L3)
  • 03:56Exposing L2, L3
  • 05:39Developing L2, L3
  • 06:36Etching L2, L3
  • 07:27Removing photosensitive layer
  • 08:01AOI - Automated Optical Inspection
  • 08:55Making copper rougher
  • 10:43Adding prepreg
  • 11:19Adding copper sheets - Top and Bottom layer (L1, L4)
  • 13:01Baking PCBs, oven room
  • 14:54Splitting to two panels again
  • 17:06Adding aluminum sheet
  • 17:30Drilling
  • 19:39Plating
  • 20:52Electroless plating
  • 24:18Electroplating
  • 27:35Applying photosensitive film on L1 and L4
  • 28:19Exposing L1, L4
  • 30:15Developing L1, L4
  • 31:24Applying tin layer
  • 33:30Removing photosensitive layer from L1, L4
  • 34:38Etching L21 L4
  • 34:50Removing tin layer
  • 35:48AOI - Automated Optical Inspection
  • 36:35Optional electrical testing
  • 37:53Adding solder mask color
  • 40:06Exposing solder mask
  • 41:55Developing solder mask
  • 43:27Making silkscreen
  • 47:23Gold plating
  • 49:54Optical inspection, fixing, measuring
  • 51:08Electrical test
  • 52:13Milling - Removing PCB from big panel
  • 53:36V-Score
  • 55:34Packing PCB
  • 56:32Board Assembly
  • 57:34Inserting components into feeders
  • 58:51Stencil & Paste
  • 59:18Setting up component placement
  • 59:51Checking placement with AOI
  • 1:00:42Soldering - Going to owen
  • 1:01:15Checking after soldering
  • 1:01:56Assembling a board
  • 1:04:31Manual checking
  • 1:04:56Fitting through hole components
  • 1:05:58Wave soldering
  • 1:07:17Conformal coating
  • 1:07:57Packing assembled board
  • 1:08:303D printing
  • 1:11:02Done. Packing and shipping