Date: 31/10/2014 20:37:41
From: AwesomeO
ID: 619955
Subject: Tiny things
Looking at the power plug on an iPad, it is complicated and tiny. How would they mass manufacture something like that?
Looking at the power plug on an iPad, it is complicated and tiny. How would they mass manufacture something like that?
AwesomeO said:
Looking at the power plug on an iPad, it is complicated and tiny. How would they mass manufacture something like that?
With magnifying glasses?
But seriously it’s all automated and robotic so it doesn’t really matter how small it is.
She only told you that to be polite…
Skeptic Pete said:
AwesomeO said:
Looking at the power plug on an iPad, it is complicated and tiny. How would they mass manufacture something like that?
With magnifying glasses?
But seriously it’s all automated and robotic so it doesn’t really matter how small it is.
Well I was hoping for a bit more detail. Is is it a blank that is drilled out, or is it a single cast, how are they wires attached, I guess it is pushed into warm plastic maybe for the case. I dunno.
furious said:
- But seriously it’s all automated and robotic so it doesn’t really matter how small it is.
She only told you that to be polite…
Hehe.
dunno what they look like but from what i have seen, the metal bits are held outside a mold and the plastic is injected in and around them.
AwesomeO said:
Looking at the power plug on an iPad, it is complicated and tiny. How would they mass manufacture something like that?
Robots?
roughbarked said:
AwesomeO said:
Looking at the power plug on an iPad, it is complicated and tiny. How would they mass manufacture something like that?
Robots?
wookiemeister said:
roughbarked said:
AwesomeO said:
Looking at the power plug on an iPad, it is complicated and tiny. How would they mass manufacture something like that?
Robots?
robots
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http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/17adsn/eli5_how_can_they_make_microchips_so_small/
While about microchips it is relevant.
FMD, there are tinier and more complicated components of a tablet than the fucken plug, AwesomeO…
dv said:
FMD, there are tinier and more complicated components of a tablet than the fucken plug, AwesomeO…
I am sure there are. But no one yet has been able to say how they build the relatively gigantic fucken plug so no hope of going smaller than that.
AwesomeO said:
dv said:
FMD, there are tinier and more complicated components of a tablet than the fucken plug, AwesomeO…
I am sure there are. But no one yet has been able to say how they build the relatively gigantic fucken plug so no hope of going smaller than that.
You were told how. You had better reread it.
i thought i had given a reasonable answer?
ChrispenEvan said:
i thought i had given a reasonable answer?
Yes. You had.
AwesomeO said:
dv said:
FMD, there are tinier and more complicated components of a tablet than the fucken plug, AwesomeO…
I am sure there are. But no one yet has been able to say how they build the relatively gigantic fucken plug so no hope of going smaller than that.
We’ll failed you again.
ChrispenEvan said:
i thought i had given a reasonable answer?
Doesn’t explain how the little holes are done, or the wires connected, or the plastic insulation between the holes is applied and all done by mass manufacture, not by artisans with tiny tools and magnifying glasses.
And robots dunnit whilst it may be true is a bit uinformative.
do you have an image of this item?
ChrispenEvan said:
do you have an image of this item?
I went looking last night and couldn’t find one. If you look in the plug it is very intricate in there, tiny tiny bits of metal much smaller than a pinhead looking like a comb with plastic inbetween and tiny hinged clips. And they make them by the thousand.
it could be a combination of metal injection moulding, then solder the wires on then plastic injection moulding for the cover. they injection mould stuff down at the micrometre size for medical stuff.
AwesomeO said:
ChrispenEvan said:
do you have an image of this item?
I went looking last night and couldn’t find one. If you look in the plug it is very intricate in there, tiny tiny bits of metal much smaller than a pinhead looking like a comb with plastic inbetween and tiny hinged clips. And they make them by the thousand.
ChrispenEvan said:
it could be a combination of metal injection moulding, then solder the wires on then plastic injection moulding for the cover. they injection mould stuff down at the micrometre size for medical stuff.
Ta, I think the level of detail I want is beyond the forums ability to explain. I was thinking more along the production linneprocess like ultimate factory gear.
Forum can stand down.
look for vids on injection moulding to see how it works.
It’s OK, Curve. I’ve worked in a few factories where these sort of things were made, and I’ve got NFI :)