Submitted 17 hours ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
Xiaomi said assembling a smartphone from circuit board to finished product takes about six seconds, and, at full capacity, the factory could produce more than 10 million devices annually
There are ~30 million seconds in a year. So this factory is only producing 2 phones at a time? Assuming the article is accurate, I’m very curious to hear why this was chosen as a design
I’m assuming there must be downtime for maintenance and quality checks.
Especially since it says 11 production lines…
11 lines = 57.8 million
57.8/~10 means their lines are down 38.5% of the time?!?!?
Woah
What Elon wished he could achieve
He is the single human with the most manufacturing knowledge in the world, after all.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Finishing an item on an assembly line every 6 seconds does not mean it only takes 6 seconds to assemble the item.
randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Not even that. For example if there are 10 assembly lines in parallel that take 60 seconds, you still get a phone each 6 seconds
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
I was considering parallel processes in the same facility as a single production line in this case, as the article seems to consider the production mentioned as a single line…but yes, if it is indeed split between multiple lines producing the phones entirely and in parallel that is the case.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
That sounds like the final assembly takes six seconds, which is entirely plausible given how fast robots move.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
I disagree, that phrasing suggests from assembling the circuit board to finished product, which I believe is impossible in 6 seconds, simply due to soldering time for components alone. The 6 seconds is only achievable on a “per unit” basis because they can make multiple units in parallel on the production line.
potatogamer@ttrpg.network 12 hours ago
His Western brain can’t comprehend Chinese technology being superior to whatever his country is doing.
I see it in every thread about Chinese tech. There’s always someone or a group of people ready to detract from any advancements China is making.
Taldan@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
That was my reaction to the headline. Then I read the article:
They are indeed stating each phone only takes 6 seconds to complete
With ~30 million seconds in a year, their output is 1 phone every 3 seconds
ch00f@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Also that’s not that impressive. 30 million devices is roughly one per second year round. Phone manufacturers make many times that in a year.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 15 hours ago
Yeah, the “6 seconds” part is just a clickbait. The “near-fully automated” part is interesting.
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
An estimated 1.4 billion cell phones are sold each year.
Apple clears about 8 iPhones a second year-round, with ~250 million.