{"id":297972,"date":"2019-03-02T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=297972"},"modified":"2019-03-02T07:02:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T05:02:27","slug":"inside-musteks-amazing-pc-assembly-line-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/297972-inside-musteks-amazing-pc-assembly-line-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"Inside Mustek’s amazing PC assembly line – Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mustek is one of the largest assemblers and distributors of personal computers and ICT products in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The company owns well-known local businesses Mecer and Rectron, commanding a significant share of the local market.<\/p>\n

At its head office in Midrand, Gauteng, Mustek assembles thousands of PCs and other hardware, and dispatches them to clients around the country.<\/p>\n

These systems are assembled to order, and the company accomplishes this impressive feat by implementing a highly-efficient and versatile assembly floor – capable of building multiple units quickly and reliably.<\/p>\n

The hardware assembled on the line includes everything from mass shipments of office desktop PCs, Raspberry Pi-powered mini computers, and high-end gaming rigs.<\/p>\n

Mustek also takes pride in its ability to hire and train South Africans with the skills required to progress through the company structure, enabling them to improve their qualifications.<\/p>\n

The company sources labour from its training centre, taking in students who are placed on the assembly line and taught the skills required to build a range of systems.<\/p>\n

Following this learnership, these students then apply for internships at the company where they can select which skills they would like to focus on and improve.<\/p>\n

Through this initiative, Mustek retains a dedicated and talented workforce while providing education and opportunity to hundreds of South Africans.<\/p>\n

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The assembly line comprises multiple phases, from initial hardware selection and hard drive imaging to chassis assembly and barcoding for unit tracking.<\/p>\n

Mustek currently builds and dispatches around 300-400 complete systems from its assembly floor every day, although the line has the potential to push out about 1,500 systems a day when operating at maximum capacity.<\/p>\n

There is a selection of impressive hardware on the Mustek assembly line, from hard drive duplicators and mass system imaging systems to automatic wrapping machines for packaged units.<\/p>\n

Mustek was kind enough to invite MyBroadband on a tour of its facility – photos of which are posted below.<\/p>\n

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