Wow there are a shitload more of steps and processes than I couldve ever imagined. It's astounding all the work needed for such seemingly simple object. I will never look at my USB sticks the same way after this. Great vid. 5 stars.
yes we were allowed to do this. Kingston invited us to this factory tour. We had to blur out some seconds of the video though cause it was definitely showing some confidential information.
JESSIE WARE TO BE THE NEAR 2ND THE NEAR 2ND THE NEAR 2ND THE NEAR 2ND AND THEN I NEED A C LL A L IS CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED TO THE NEAR WW I NEED A C LL A A 8TH AND THEN I AM A C LL A PPOINTMENT OF THE MAIN REASONS
Having been an automation engineer for several years, I wondered why they chose certain methods of process machine design. Designing such equipment is always fascinating and full of mysteries that unfold in surprising ways. Young people who wonder about their future careers should consider engineering if they have the aptitude. It's better to commit to 40 years of interesting work that pays well, so it's worth the investment in education up-front!
yes, we had to do this cause it was showing some confidential stuff. Sorry about that but we were the first ones to film this and this was a kinda compromise
@UpcomingJedi no trade secrets there this is all very standard electronics production line tech. solder paste mask unit, visual inspection, pick and place, oven, electical testing, end milling(routing), plastic assembly, testing(usually not done twice for so cheap products) and packaging, the only think irregular is the manual labeling, rest of it is very standard stuff you can find in any electronics production line
One thing someone told me: if you accidentally run it through the washer, put your car in the hot sun and leave the stick on the dashboard for the afternoon. It usually fixes the problem if the stick doesn't work.
Oh wow, I love that "Super Dremel" router that separates each chip. Just looks like fun to play with. Still it's amasing how far electronic technology has over the last ten years. I remember paying 50 dollars for a 256 Mb flashdrive.
I want to know what kind of controllers those machines use, they look surprisingly similar to the Delta Tau assembly machines I saw in california that were doing circuit board manufacturing. Cool video, subbed!
you are welcome to dub it. :) Next time i am gonna get the specs of the different machines, how much their weight is, how much power they draw, how mich they cost... :p Hey mate, it's all about getting a circuit board, some memory and a connector sealed and packaged. This shouldn't be a big complicated process, even though it is cool to see it in the plant!
No, it's correct. Wikipedia: "To describe the act of an unauthorized person who follows someone to a restricted area without the consent of the authorized person, the term tailgating is also used. "Tailgating" implies without consent (similar to a car tailgating another vehicle on the freeway), while piggybacking usually implies consent of the authorized person."
hehe that would have been cool. No, we didn't but they gave us two 8GB USB sticks as a sample and an SDHC card, cause Nicoles' went full during the filming.
Excellent vid' ! Hope you do more. Also, compromising with the factory on what to blur out is a good idea. Means you will get invited to other factories as well.
Hey! i know many people from german and as i saw, not many of german people can speak english, i dont know why, but, this guy speak preety awesome ;). Nice vid! Greetings from Poland ;)
I counted; it takes the woman they showed approximately 3 seconds per sticker. Figuring in breaks, slowdowns to scratch her nose, etc, I'd estimate 5 seconds. That tray holds 60 sticks. So 5 minutes per tray, or 12 trays an hour. Note that 2 people are enough to handle all the trays this production line goes through, or ~24-25 trays an hour.
@mihirmodi i am just refering to his announcement he could do a better job. I am absolutely cool with critizism and there are many great comments from people, who actually had something to say and who could give some hints. That's the difference. If you can only be a critic without having any arguements, i think you have to deal with the fact, that people are calling you out on this.
Does anyone know if you can buy USB sticks without the casing? If you want to make your own. Anyway, nice video, always fun to see what goes on inside factories.
That would be because those research projects are saved on USB drives. You are discounting their job. For every person who made a great discovery someone was behind them doing all of the "dirty work".
So, building a machine to lay stickers. Challenges are: 1) removing the sticker from the film (or designing a cartridge system for stickers). 2) grasping the stickers. 3) aligning the stickers. 3) releasing the stickers. I'd figure that designing a machine to do this well would take ~500-1000 designer hours, though I could be way off. Add to that the cost of fabricating the machine, the feeding system (the trays need to get to the machine), and maintaining the machine (it breaks down). expensive
It's made in Taiwan; in fact, most of the computer chips in the world are made there. Taiwan has the knowledge and engineer base that Europe, the US, or Japan has but has lower wages so a lot of the manufacturing is based there.
Yeah that seems to makes sense, but why would they do that since hiring people is more costly? It doesn't seem like it would take THAT long either way because they have a machine that tests like a hundred at once for as long as it would take to write a file and erase it.
basicly no difference at all, but they have to cover the development-costs among others. Five years ago you where happy to even get hold of a 2 GB stick!
1's and 0's binary data is stored on these drives. So they use millions of transistors that can store a logic high state (represents 1) or logic low state (represents 0). Think of transistors like a light switch you can turn on and off. Transistors are made with semi conductors which only conducts electricity (lets electricity pass) if it has enough voltage applied across the cathode and the anode. Most semi conductors are made with Germanium or Silicon and doped with other chemicals to change different characteristics that affect things like switching speed and tollerences. And thats the study of Electrical Engineering :)
@@hellokrisho oh man you are rock!.. im 13 y.o boy always asking how could human create an ideas like those thing.. how camera lens, flash drive, internet data, and many more that produce.. 2021
You have to haul all of that overseas; That costs fuel,maintenance,paying of employees,fueling employees, telecommunications costs overseas etc.. It would be more efficient & cheaper to keep it on U.S., plus it would help our economy (The current unemployment rate is like 10 %)
The packaging they use on these and other small electronic items drives me nuts as you either need a stanley knife or a pair of tin snips to get the damn thing open as tehy are thick plastic and are welded all the way around.I know it was designed like this to prevent the packaging from being opened in store and the products stolen but you'd think they would come up with an easier to open option,or have a machine that opens them at the checkout for you.Also the plastic can be razor sharp.
who can ever be an expert of customized production machines? Only the ones who are building them, right? and i guess these guys are just not available. I thought covering this would be interesting. As a couple of tenthousand other viewers thought, too ;)
Good video but my last USB stick was a kingstone and it failed in under a month didn't like a lot of different file types have since gone with another brand and it's much better but maybe I was just unlucky.
It's extraordinary how something so small, and (seemingly) simple goes through such a complex process, requiring many machines in order to be created.
Wow there are a shitload more of steps and processes than I couldve ever imagined. It's astounding all the work needed for such seemingly simple object.
I will never look at my USB sticks the same way after this.
Great vid. 5 stars.
thanks for the feedback and your support Misha!
yes we were allowed to do this. Kingston invited us to this factory tour. We had to blur out some seconds of the video though cause it was definitely showing some confidential information.
I've always wanted to know how the usb stick was manufactured but never fount one, but now i do and for that I''me grateful, thanks guys :D
aww, these electronic manufacturing process are so nice to follow. thanks for share this!
Kingston memory rocks! i have this in two of my systems and still working flawlesly!
thanks for the headsup Steve. I had no clue how to name this machine.
Awesome, I always wanted to know how they produce this kind of stuff!
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JESSIE WARE TO BE THE NEAR 2ND THE NEAR 2ND THE NEAR 2ND THE NEAR 2ND AND THEN I NEED A C LL A L IS CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED TO THE NEAR WW I NEED A C LL A A 8TH AND THEN I AM A C LL A PPOINTMENT OF THE MAIN REASONS
@mihirmodi oh i am not arrogant regarding the number of views, it's not the only one of our videos to attract so many viewers ;)
Having been an automation engineer for several years, I wondered why they chose certain methods of process machine design. Designing such equipment is always fascinating and full of mysteries that unfold in surprising ways. Young people who wonder about their future careers should consider engineering if they have the aptitude. It's better to commit to 40 years of interesting work that pays well, so it's worth the investment in education up-front!
yes, we had to do this cause it was showing some confidential stuff. Sorry about that but we were the first ones to film this and this was a kinda compromise
@UpcomingJedi
no trade secrets there this is all very standard electronics production line tech. solder paste mask unit, visual inspection, pick and place, oven, electical testing, end milling(routing), plastic assembly, testing(usually not done twice for so cheap products) and packaging, the only think irregular is the manual labeling, rest of it is very standard stuff you can find in any electronics production line
I am very happy to see this plant
@PeterT491 we were lucky enough to get a free factory tour
One thing someone told me: if you accidentally run it through the washer, put your car in the hot sun and leave the stick on the dashboard for the afternoon. It usually fixes the problem if the stick doesn't work.
Kingston manufactures very good products!
Oh wow, I love that "Super Dremel" router that separates each chip. Just looks like fun to play with. Still it's amasing how far electronic technology has over the last ten years. I remember paying 50 dollars for a 256 Mb flashdrive.
This is the most boring presentation of the most exciting manufacturing process..
Haha. I was just thinking of making this exact comment!
I dare you to find me an "exciting" presentation of the manufacturing process
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I want to know what kind of controllers those machines use, they look surprisingly similar to the Delta Tau assembly machines I saw in california that were doing circuit board manufacturing. Cool video, subbed!
Thats so cool! Thanks man, love your videos, keep up the great work!
All that machinery and the sticker is glued on by hand? :D
not just by hand but by the most advanced machine a human powerpuff girl :P
It's called "an old fashioned" way
Eh usado sus memorias en computadoras y tambien compre unos pendrive de esta marca y la verdad jamas me fallaron...Viva kingston carajo!
Pretty awesome. Was the narrator German?
Also, you guys have some cool songs at the beginning/end.
Definitely not How it's made or Deconstructed quality wise but it's very informative.
Great invention. Can't you make it respond on a whistle in case you lost the usb-stick?
you are welcome to dub it. :)
Next time i am gonna get the specs of the different machines, how much their weight is, how much power they draw, how mich they cost... :p
Hey mate, it's all about getting a circuit board, some memory and a connector sealed and packaged. This shouldn't be a big complicated process, even though it is cool to see it in the plant!
No, it's correct.
Wikipedia: "To describe the act of an unauthorized person who follows someone to a restricted area without the consent of the authorized person, the term tailgating is also used. "Tailgating" implies without consent (similar to a car tailgating another vehicle on the freeway), while piggybacking usually implies consent of the authorized person."
hehe that would have been cool. No, we didn't but they gave us two 8GB USB sticks as a sample and an SDHC card, cause Nicoles' went full during the filming.
Kingston is the greatest, affordable yet reliable
@lifeisavideo thanks a million for these additional information!
a friend of us composed this jingle
When i was like 15, i never knew computers even exist, not untill i reached college at 1996 and just look how technology evolves too fast
Excellent vid' ! Hope you do more. Also, compromising with the factory on what to blur out is a good idea. Means you will get invited to other factories as well.
Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. About 45 minutes south of Taipei.
thanks for the tour bruno!
@someb0dy2 thanks for the hint... youtube is such a great place to get educated ;)
Hey! i know many people from german and as i saw, not many of german people can speak english, i dont know why, but, this guy speak preety awesome ;). Nice vid! Greetings from Poland ;)
i totally agree with you. changed the title and of course i know what an usb interface is :)
Where is the conference room where they discuss their price fixing strategy?
so many machines and the labels have to put on by hand?
I had a kingston stick go through the wash. Still works just fine...
Cool video. Nice behind the scenes look.
yea, but that doesn't have to be the case. its possible for us to eliminate the 'dirty work' at this point. or at leased seriously decrease it.
"On your left theres the errr thing that packs them into an errrr magazine..... Then the little err chainsaw cuts them theennn uhhh" LMFAO
I have one that is quite small as you said.
Thank you for the video!!! I'm a old Kingston Fan!!!
I counted; it takes the woman they showed approximately 3 seconds per sticker. Figuring in breaks, slowdowns to scratch her nose, etc, I'd estimate 5 seconds. That tray holds 60 sticks. So 5 minutes per tray, or 12 trays an hour. Note that 2 people are enough to handle all the trays this production line goes through, or ~24-25 trays an hour.
exactly
exactly!
The machine with put on the components its called Pick and Place.
@mihirmodi i am just refering to his announcement he could do a better job. I am absolutely cool with critizism and there are many great comments from people, who actually had something to say and who could give some hints. That's the difference. If you can only be a critic without having any arguements, i think you have to deal with the fact, that people are calling you out on this.
heh... thanks Robert... Glad someone's with me on this one...
i've always wanted to make my own flash drive and combine it with a typewriter and make a hybrid type of flash drive. YEAH!
What type or brand of glue is used to make a USB?
Even with all of the automation in that production plant, they still have people placing the stickers on with tweezers :P
nice upload, i always did kinda wonder how they made them.
Does anyone know if you can buy USB sticks without the casing? If you want to make your own.
Anyway, nice video, always fun to see what goes on inside factories.
8:30 running the computers with windows on that production line explains it huh?
@someb0dy2 That's wrong. "So called" can mean "to be popularly known as" and is often used to emphasize technical terms.
Now how did humanity make machines that make these tiny storage devices in the first place?
wow researching customized machines that noone has seen before.. good luck. i am sure you will find them. :)
I would have never of guessed that, thank's.
That would be because those research projects are saved on USB drives. You are discounting their job. For every person who made a great discovery someone was behind them doing all of the "dirty work".
So, building a machine to lay stickers. Challenges are: 1) removing the sticker from the film (or designing a cartridge system for stickers). 2) grasping the stickers. 3) aligning the stickers. 3) releasing the stickers. I'd figure that designing a machine to do this well would take ~500-1000 designer hours, though I could be way off. Add to that the cost of fabricating the machine, the feeding system (the trays need to get to the machine), and maintaining the machine (it breaks down). expensive
Tailgating is prohibited? But I so wanted to grill outside the door!
Thanks for the great tour.. :)
ny tips on replacing the memory chip?
I have that same USB-drive 16GB version. It's good.
It's made in Taiwan; in fact, most of the computer chips in the world are made there.
Taiwan has the knowledge and engineer base that Europe, the US, or Japan has but has lower wages so a lot of the manufacturing is based there.
You know the tip of the USB? What kind of metal is that made of?
I'm impressed
"Here.. here.. here.. ? :D"
Haha, thought I was the only one!
Aside from that, this is pretty cool.
are you still alive? 'cause this comment is 11 years old
@@Canale064 lol, this was random. Yeah, still alive. Nearly forgot about my comment.
@@css1323 how old are you?
Yeah that seems to makes sense, but why would they do that since hiring people is more costly?
It doesn't seem like it would take THAT long either way because they have a machine that tests like a hundred at once for as long as it would take to write a file and erase it.
basicly no difference at all, but they have to cover the development-costs among others. Five years ago you where happy to even get hold of a 2 GB stick!
100,000 dollar machines all controlled by windows xp
What's the problem? WindowsXP took 20 billions to be made.
Why changes if it does the job ?
windows xp is probably the most trusted software for technical projects, as outdated as it may seem.
Right on.
I thought the same, as they have lots of machines to do the other stuff
What school do you go to because i got a Kingston Flash drive too.
How do they put the memory on the drives?
1's and 0's binary data is stored on these drives. So they use millions of transistors that can store a logic high state (represents 1) or logic low state (represents 0). Think of transistors like a light switch you can turn on and off. Transistors are made with semi conductors which only conducts electricity (lets electricity pass) if it has enough voltage applied across the cathode and the anode. Most semi conductors are made with Germanium or Silicon and doped with other chemicals to change different characteristics that affect things like switching speed and tollerences. And thats the study of Electrical Engineering :)
@@hellokrisho
oh man you are rock!.. im 13 y.o boy always asking how could human create an ideas like those thing..
how camera lens, flash drive, internet data, and many more that produce..
2021
I want to buy number of them how can I get to the manufscturer
You have to haul all of that overseas; That costs fuel,maintenance,paying of employees,fueling employees, telecommunications costs overseas etc.. It would be more efficient & cheaper to keep it on U.S., plus it would help our economy (The current unemployment rate is like 10 %)
Kingston one of best brand
SWEET! Now I can build an underground USB manufacturing plant.
wish you could of fimed how the kingston 272GB was made
Would have been nice to have an actual explanation of the process...
haha. good one! well we are based in Taiwan and without wanting to offend our chinese viewers, this is mainly happening in Shenzhen ;)
Tailgates are prohibited or tailgating?
The packaging they use on these and other small electronic items drives me nuts as you either need a stanley knife or a pair of tin snips to get the damn thing open as tehy are thick plastic and are welded all the way around.I know it was designed like this to prevent the packaging from being opened in store and the products stolen but you'd think they would come up with an easier to open option,or have a machine that opens them at the checkout for you.Also the plastic can be razor sharp.
who can ever be an expert of customized production machines? Only the ones who are building them, right? and i guess these guys are just not available. I thought covering this would be interesting. As a couple of tenthousand other viewers thought, too ;)
excellent vid
I laughed a bit when the guy said: They are getting "shagged" on the computer.
Good video though!
Cool! lil bit hard to follow the steps but still cool! ;D
That's cool :)
I wonder how much all of the flash drives cost altogether... lol
god, how do people think of machines like this. it's amazing.
are you sure that your speakers are working? ;)
Good video but my last USB stick was a kingstone and it failed in under a month didn't like a lot of different file types have since gone with another brand and it's much better but maybe I was just unlucky.
what does that involve?
@ItsPlaceTextHere Not really. All the machines do the dirty work. That's what I want to see.
hey me neither :)