[Fourlanders] TS-990 being built

[Brian McCarthy]

The slippers and jackets are ESD rated. They use the same exact slippers in
the assembly, demo and lab' areas of Yamaha. The floor should have ESD
paint. The humidity is likely regulated at 50-60%. I have a Yamaha version
of the Kenwood jacket. When I am over there, nobody has ever told me to put
on a wrist strap. I have a few customer sites that don't require wrist
straps. Just watch out if you fail the shoe/slipper ESD test! One site has
the doors interlocked to the tester so you can't enter until you pass.

Later,
Brian

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net> wrote:

>     Yep…the video reminded me a lot of the NCR PC board facility I knew
> in Duluth in the 1990s. Also….Seeing cardboard 990 shipping boxes in the
> sub-module build area. Kenwood ball caps on the girls heads, perfectly
> organized and uncluttered work areas, and lack of anti-static wrist bands
> of the people handling completed boards also reminded me a lot of how NCR
> used to make marketing type films !!
>
>
>
> *Ron*
>
> *WW8RR*
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>
> *From:* Fourlanders [mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Brian McCarthy
> *Sent:* Monday, January 05, 2015 3:46 AM
> *To:* Jim Worsham
> *Cc:* Fourlanders
> *Subject:* Re: [Fourlanders] TS-990 being built
>
>
>
> Jim,
>
>
> That video looked too much like my work. Unfortunately, Kenwood does not
> seem to be using any of my machines for the pick-and-place. The hand
> placement of thru-hole components is still common. I have been working with
> a new machine that is designed to do that kind of odd form parts placement.
> It is rather amazing what can be done with machine vision and a scrubbing
> motion to insert parts. A lot of the plants are telling us that hand
> placement is becoming a liability in terms of mistakes, repeatability,
> cycle time and staffing.
>
> We also have a 3D x-ray automated inspection machine that could do the
> manual BGA inspection shown in the video. There is significant market
> pressure to automate that step.
>
>
>
> The people that build cars and handsets are still doing real hardware
> every day and most are doing it 3 shifts a day. There are still a lot of
> shops doing assembly here in the US. The clothing, slippers and a lot of
> other things are very familiar to me from my Japan visits and my Japanese
> managed customers here in the US and Mexico.
>
> Lately, I've been wanting to get away from the physical hardware part of
> my work. Working on a noisy and busy shop floor isn't as interesting as it
> used to be. It's still cool to see things created from bits, pieces and
> data. It's just a messy noisy process.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:59 AM, Jim Worsham <w4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Good to see that someone somewhere has factories still making stuff.  I am
> at CES in Vegas.  It is all about apps, software, hackathons, etc.  nothing
> real anymore.  Anyway, a very nice rig.  Kim and I saw an early prototype
> at the Kenwood hospitality suite in Dayton a couple of years ago.
> Unfortunately, way out of my budget.
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Jim, W4KXY
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2015, at 7:23 PM, whensley11 at comcast.net wrote:
>
>    In case you haven't already seen this.
>
>
>
> http://qrznow.com/kenwood-ts-990s-hf6m-flagship-base-station-built/
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