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Simaudio Factory Tour
Updated: November 20, 2008
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The Metal Shop: All of the aluminum and steel used in our components is cut in-house. This
provides us with significantly better quality control and allows and efficient production schedules.
We currently own 3 CNC machines; a Hass 5-axis, Hass 4-axis milling unit and a metal lathe. These allow
us to produce our chassis parts in much larger volumes while maintaining "aerospace grade" precision and accuracy.
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CNC Machinery:
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5-axis Hass CNC mill machine
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4-axis Hass CNC mill machine
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CNC Metal Lathe
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Evolution Series Metal Working:
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Raw uncut aluminum extrusions that are used for Evolution series side-mounted heatsinks
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Computer controlled machining with extreme accuracy for boring holes
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Manual drilling through bored holes top remove excess metal pieces
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Quality control to certify micron-level accuracy of a drilled heatsink
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Evolution series heatsinks await final cleaning before the paint shop
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Evolution series remote controls and volume controls awaiting quality control verification
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Quality control apparatus to ensure an Evolution series volume control is perfectly milled
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Classic Series Metal Working:
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The Hardware: Numerous drill presses and a metal lathe are required.
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Aluminum heat sinks in the process of being machined.
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Freshly polished aluminum legs ready for painting.
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Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Assembly:
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Overview: Our subcontractor's PCB Assembly Area.
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Andromeda CD Player PCB's awaiting verification.
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A full rack of completed PCB's.
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Work-bench with Andromeda front panel controller boards.
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Components being soldered onto Andromeda controller boards.
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Evolution series PCB's awaiting quality control testing.
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Tested PCB's ready to be moved into our stockroom.
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The Stock Room: An extensive inventory of electronic components and
assembly parts, numbering in the thousands, are required to manufacture
the numerous models that make up the MOON product line.
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Filled circuit boards (left side) and painted chassis parts (right side).
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Smaller parts such as resistors, caps, regulators, IC's, etc.
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Production: This is where MOON components are assembled.
At any given time, upwards of four different models can be found at
various stages of assembly.
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Completed sub-assemblies (input & output circuits) for Aurora multi-channel amplifiers.
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