Only recently, one of ODM’s clients and a team of staff did a China factory visit in Dong Guan, to do quality check on the production and output process of an ongoing project. We were given a tour of the factory and also a snapshot into some key stages of the manufacturing process.
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| China Factory Visit – Compound |
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| China Factory Visit – Compound |
Overview of the processes in the China factory
The above pictures show the front view from our
China factory visit and the surrounding environment of its compound. As you can see, workers welfare are being taken care of with ample space for physical activities such as basketball, running etc. Furthermore, the surrounding environment of the factory is quiet and serene; away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
The first floor of the factory mainly consists of equipment used for molding, stamping, logo embossing and many more; basically the first level of production, from getting individual pieces of the product out from the raw materials.
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| China Factory Visit – Level 1 |
The above picture shows the layout of machinery in the factory and from there, we can roughly gauge the production capacity of this factory.
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| China Factory Visit – Level 1 |
From our
factory visit, we can also see workers that are in the midst of production. From the picture, workers are using the machines to emboss logos and attach the production materials together.
Moving on to the second floor, it is where the goods are being assembled and painted; the second stage of production when the individual components of the products have already been manufactured.
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| China Factory Visit – Level 2 |
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| China Factory Visit – Level 2 |
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| China Factory Visit – Level 2 |
We were also introduced to the anodizing process where the metal products are being dyed, its texture and lubrication improved with the forming of the natural oxide layer on the surface of the product.
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| China Factory Visit – Anodizing |
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| China Factory Visit – Anodizing |
The anodizing process aids in the coloring and retaining of the dye for the products, making it an important step in the entire product manufacturing process.
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| China Factory Visit – Anodizing |
At the end of anodizing and color spray process, it results in beautiful shiny neon colored metal product.
During our visit, we were also introduced to the sand blasting process. We were shown around their sand blasting work station.
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| China Factory Visit – Sandblasting |
Proper sand blasting machines were used in order to contain the dust produced in the process, minimizing the risk of inhaling them which may cause Silicosis, a type of lung disease. So any factory that is using the sand blasting method, we hope you have in place proper protection for you workers!
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| China Factory Visit – Sandblasting |
