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According to https://ergodox-ez.com/pages/sustainability https://ergodox-ez.com/pages/sustainability they make it in an office rather than a factory. Obviously
by lexicality 7y ago
According to https://ergodox-ez.com/pages/sustainability https://ergodox-ez.com/pages/sustainability they make it in an office rather than a factory. Obviously that doesn't rule out a small pick and place machine but it seems less likely.
- jrockway 7y agoI believe Adafruit does some of their "manufacturing" in their New York City office. I have seen videos of the pick-and-place machines they have there. More likely is that Ergodox EZ outsources the PCBs, cases, metal parts, etc. and just do the final assembly themselves. (The keyswitches are socketed, for example, so you just pop those in, put the keycaps on, flash the latest firmware, maybe run a quick test, and ship it out.) The line can be really blurry these days. Take a tour of the Prusa factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX3pDDi9PeU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX3pDDi9PeU. Sure, they ship you 3D printed parts... but they have hundreds of 3D printers running 24/7 to meet demand. Is that handmade? Is that mass produced?