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Simaudio Factory Tour Updated: October 6, 2010    
 

 
The Metal Shop: All of the aluminum and steel used in our components is cut in-house. This provides us with significantly better quality control and allows efficient production schedules.
 
We currently own 3 CNC machines; a Hass 5-axis, Hass 4-axis milling unit and a metal lathe. These allow us to produce our chassis parts in much larger volumes while maintaining "aerospace grade" precision and accuracy.
 
 
CNC Machinery:
 

 
5-axis Hass CNC mill machine
 
 
 
 

 
4-axis Hass CNC mill machine
 
 
 
 

 
CNC Metal Lathe
 
 
 
 
Evolution Series Metal Working:
 

 
Raw uncut aluminum extrusions that are used for Evolution series side-mounted heatsinks
 
 
 
 

 
Computer controlled machining with extreme accuracy for boring holes
 
 
 
 

 
Manual drilling through bored holes top remove excess metal pieces
 
 
 
 

 
Quality control to certify micron-level accuracy of a drilled heatsink
 
 
 
 

 
Evolution series heatsinks await final cleaning before the paint shop
 
 
 
 

 
Evolution series remote controls and volume controls awaiting quality control verification
 
 
 
 

 
Quality control apparatus to ensure an Evolution series volume control is perfectly milled
 
 
 
 
5.3 Series Metal Working
 

 
The Hardware: Numerous drill presses and a metal lathe are required.
 
 
 
 

 
Aluminum heat sinks in the process of being machined.
 
 
 
 

 
Freshly polished aluminum legs ready for painting.
 
 
 
 
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Assembly:
 

 
Overview: Our subcontractor's PCB Assembly Area.
 
 
 
 

 
Andromeda CD Player PCB's awaiting verification.
 
 
 
 

 
A full rack of completed PCB's.
 
 
 
 

 
Work-bench with Andromeda front panel controller boards.
 
 
 
 

 
Components being soldered onto Andromeda controller boards.
 
 
 
 

 
Evolution series PCB's awaiting quality control testing.
 
 
 
 

 
Tested PCB's ready to be moved into our stockroom.
 
 
 
 
 

 
The Stock Room: An extensive inventory of electronic components and assembly parts, numbering in the thousands, are required to manufacturethe numerous models that make up the MOON product line.
 
 

 
Filled circuit boards (left side) and painted chassis parts (right side).
 
 
 
 

 
Smaller parts such as resistors, caps, regulators, IC's, etc.
 
 
 
 
 

 
Production: This is where MOON components are assembled. At any given time, upwards of four different models can be found at various stages of assembly.
 
 
 
 
Completed sub-assemblies (input & output circuits) for Aurora multi-channel amplifiers.