From Metal to Mini PC The Beelink Small PC Making Road
A tech clip posted on SatisFactory Process shows us how Beelink Mini PCs are made. This 22-minute clip takes us from a plain metal round to a small, working PC. It shows all the steps needed to make these small PCs ready for sale.
Beelink makes small metal PCs, using parts like the AMD's Ryzen AI 300 in newer ones like the SER9. This clip lets us peek at how these PCs are made from scratch.
The metal case of a Beelink Mini PC in the making
Step 1: Shaping the Metal Case
They start with the case. A shapeless, round piece of metal is changed in many ways:
- Stamping: This press makes the round into a rough case. Another press shapes it more, making edges and first holes.
- Milling: In a milling tool, cutters touched by cooling stuff add fine cuts and holes for parts. The back part is also cut out.
- Polishing: A person polishes all faces. Then, they are washed in a big machine.
- Texturing and Coloring: A sand tool gives the case its feel. It's then dipped in a color bath. They check the color quality with a tool.
- Logo and Putting Parts Together: The Beelink mark is put on top by a laser. Then, they stick a frame inside the case for screws and parts.
Step 2: Making the PC's Mind
At the same time, the computer's "mind" gets made. The main board has its own line:
- Auto-Soldering: A tool quickly solders parts like DIMM slots and chips on the empty board.
- Hand Work and Wave Soldering: People add big parts like HDMI and USB. Then, boards go through a wave solder tool to set these parts in place.
- Final Steps and Check-Up: People clean up, fix small issues, and put in the CMOS battery. Then, the boards are tested to check all ports work.
Step 3: Putting the Mini PC Together
With the case and board ready, they put them together with care:
- Cooling Set-Up: Workers place cooling pads and paste, then set the CPU and cooler. A big fan, looking like part of a big cooling setup, is put on top.
- Linking Parts: The finished board is put in the metal case. Flat wires link any parts not on the board.
- Adding Parts: Places for Wi-Fi cards, RAM, and SSDs get filled.
- Whole Check: They run a full check to make sure all new parts work well.
Step 4: Last Check and Box-Up
Before the Mini PC can be sold, it goes through final tough tests:
- Hard Checks: The bottom is fixed, and the PC is shaken and dropped lightly on tables to check it's strong.
- Heat Test: The PC is run hard to look for any faults.
- Final Re-Test: The PC is turned on one more time and must pass all hardware tests.
- Boxing: At last, it's put in its sale box by hand and sent to shops and warehouses.
The clip ends showing the Beelink SER8, with an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS chip, with 32GB DDR5 RAM and 1TB SSD, ready to buy.