In February, a new plant for the production of sensors and systems opened in Kursk. They opened pompously: the red ribbon, the first persons, all things ... After a couple of weeks after opening, I was sent there for work, and I took this opportunity to take what was inside. I will share my impressions.
Details below (many photos).
The plant is located on the outskirts of the city, consists of seven huge red hangars, you can't even tell what is inside the production.

So far, only the first stage has been opened, so not all the hulls are working yet, only 1,2, 6 and 7. Let's go in order.
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In the first building, they have a “locksmith”, they work mainly with metal, they assemble cabinets, lamps, etc.
Milling machine
LatheFormat-raskroyechny machine. For those who do not know: take a sheet (for example, chipboard) large format, set vertically and cut into small pieces.Copy milling machine (works on a template)Another kind of milling machine
Here such things are collected hereThis is an assembly of applicators for wire crimping.
Cable processing equipment
Automated cutting and stripping process
Table for the layout harness. Nearby, by the way, are the corps of LED lamps.
Cash register cases
Assembly of dry storage cabinets
This is a “filling” for cabinets, it is made here, only in a different case.
Staff canteen
Office roomsIn this case, I did not notice anything interesting, we go further.
In the second case assembled circuit boards.
At the entrance - post ESD control. You can only go in antistatic clothing and shoes.
SMT assembly lines
Component Installers
On the third line there is only one installer, but, they say, the fastest.
There are monitors on the wall: you can see how many boards are already made and how many are left
Barcodes of boards are scanned at the entrance and exit from the line
Applying solder paste through a stencil
Component installation
Convection ovenAt the exit from the line, the boards get to the unloader, and then go to the control.
Functional control of LED bars
Manual component assembly area
Components are stored in such closets, inside - a mechanism that works on the principle of the carouselSensitive components stored separately - in dry storage cabinets
At this site, check the quality of the soldering and look at the presence of defects.
This is how the board tests with the help of “flying” probes.
Nearby there is an x-ray, on which the quality of soldered joints, which cannot be assessed from the outside (as in BGA, for example),
Everything that can be seen outside is viewed through an optical inspection system.Also, the plant has a Center for Non-Destructive Testing Technologies. It is located in the sixth building. Let's go there.
This machine is an industrial tomograph Nikon XT H 320 PentaSource, it is the only one in Russia. With it, you can "look" inside the product without disassembling the case.In addition to the scanner, there are still a bunch of all kinds of microscopes, but this is not so interesting.
In the last - the 7th building - there is a demo room, a small dining room and a conference room.




And this, in fact, is the very sensors that are going to be released here. But for this you must first open the 2nd and 3rd stage of the plant. While you can see only prototypesIn general, the impressions of the plant remained the most optimistic - the production is lively, modern. There are not so many people, apparently, due to the fact that most of the processes are automated. It is interesting, of course, to see what will be in the remaining buildings. But first let them be completed. So, most likely, to be continued ...