Following the previous episode, SOE takes a walk down the LIFX production line, investigating how a modern, reimagined light globe is manufactured at scale. If you haven’t seen the previous episode, it is highly recommended viewing in discovering just how LIFX got started as a company, overcame design/engineering issues and set about finding a suitable factory in China: https://youtu.be/pxSIeIfHF58 In this episode, the HardworX tour participants are introduced to the factory by John Bosua from LIFX. He then takes us into the clean rooms where the SMT work is done. At each stage of the production, the surprising thing to most on the tour was the level of testing performed on the assembly, to eliminate “dead on arrival products”!

The tour then wandered into the “Through Hole” assembly area where we witnessed quite manual manufacturing processes of modules, wave soldering, yet more testing and then final assembly of the product into the shell of a light globe. As many on the tour commented, you wouldn’t believe what it takes to make a modern light globe these days until you see it for yourself! For more about LIFX visit

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