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The founder and CEO of Ness Corporation Naz Circosta takes us on a personal tour of the companies impressive worlds class surface mount and through hole manufacturing facility where they produce hundreds of different Ness security and automation products.
It's no every day the CEO of a major company has the technical knowledge to take you on such a tour of their own production facilities!
He shows the Yamaha SMD/SMT pick and place machines, solder stencil paste machine, flying probe testers, optical vision inspection equipment, custom test jigs, and plastic ultrasonic welding machines. And also talks about buying a $1M Objet 3D printer, and the advantages of genuine high quality Fresnel lenses vs cheap generic ones in PIR sensor performance.
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This must be one of the best videos on the channel. The CEO seemed like a genuinely nice person that knows and loves his job, and talking about it without the typical corporate / marketing BS and secrecy. Combine that with the right questions from Dave and *boom*, pure awesomeness.

[@Petertronic]

Definitely one of the best, but for me the TV Transmitter tour beats them all :)

[@ottoodell_dell]

Peter AndCat absolutely ,it was magnifficent ,amassing !

[@JGnLAU8OAWF6]

ungratefulmetalpansy i hope you're wrong... Because i still belive that only that kind of people can achieve something in this life.

[@shadow7037932]

Yeah, I don't think many CEOs would have mentioned they've had a 30% failure rate for a product.

@@shadow7037932 Depends on what your product is. If it is something where that failure rate may be expected, either because of how hard it is to manufacture or because of the price, it is just common sense to be open and honest. If the truth will eventually come out regardless, there is no point in lying.

[@mekatrol]

I worked for NESS in the late 80s and Naz was a very caring gentlemen. He ran a family orientated business and truly cared for his staff, the quality of the product and the customer. Its where I first learned how to program assembly for Motorola(64HC11) and z80 (64180) architectures working as an electronic tech (thanks to a temporary journey into Malloch Digital Design and the series 200). I can attest to the fact when Naz uses statements like 'girls on the production line' he means it in the most endearing way. Great to see NESS still doing so well after all these years. A testament to great leadership and a belief in your team and product. Well done Naz.

[@antney1108]

mekatrol oriented. Orientated is not a word.

[@electronash]

@@antney1108 dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/orientated

[@warefairsoda]

@@antney1108 America is not a verb.

[@freddyfredrickson]

When I was 20 years old back in 1995 I was working at a small board manufacturer who made 800 - 1000 boards a month. Yes they were that small. We didn't use any automation. We printed our own boards, etched them, tin plated them and then placed each component by hand and soldered them one joint at a time. That was fun times... The closest thing to automation we had was a process (I think it was called solder dipping) where we placed all the components into a single sided board and then literally dipped the solder side into molten solder and soldered all the joints at the same time... I kinda miss them days...

[@DriverXSE]

A year later, I just watched one of the best walkthroughs on youtube! I want more of these long and technical walkthroughs, were you actually learn something, and not just get fed some PR. On top of that, a CEO who knows in detail how and what they are making, Love it! Time for a retour soon? :) Thank you very much for this!

[@joshcryer]

This is absolutely incredible. It's some Transcendence level stuff, and to think a lot of that equipment is "old" hardware. I wonder what a state of the art system looks like. Kudos for this company for letting Dave have a look. I've never seen a tour like this before, but always wanted to see one. If someone knows of other tours like this they know of I'd love to watch them! edit: would be especially interested with a tour of someone like this CEO who's extremely knowledgeable about the systems and a videographer like Dave who knows the best questions, I know this is specific, but I honestly never saw a tour like this before.

[@Tokentools-weldersAu]

I have been using Ness gear for 3 decades, reliable, bullet proof and built with Aussie pride, thanks for the video.

[@tomjones9137]

Wow, very rare for a CEO to know his own stuff so in depth. Typically a CEO would NEVER agree to a walk around of the plant explaining every single process lol Good on him...that is why he is so successful. In this day and age it is refreshing to see some competence in business!

[@botoxpig417]

You are back on track. Thanks for the good effort. Do not get upset by negative comments. They could be most useful

[@jamiebeckf]

Great video Dave! And thanks so much to Ness for allowing you to make the video and upload it. It great to see some companies still have pride in their engineering.

[@podunkis]

Really enjoyed this video. It would be great to see more plant tours similar to this one. Special thanks to the Naz for taking time to lead the tour.

[@santospoland]

Fascinating! Really appreciate Naz Circosta's hospitality. It's not everyday that we can see the magic. Wonderful!

[@togsj]

Naz for Prez! What a great tour and such a gracious CEO to take us through. Thanks for this Dave. Love all your videos but this one is a stand out for me.

[@GadgetAddict]

Best video ever. Would love to see more of this.

[@trustthewater]

Absolutely amazing. I know there's bigger/more advanced places, but it's hard to believe such tech exists. Thanks Dave! HUGE thanks to Ness for allowing you to film this.

[@John-gm8ty]

This has been one of the most enjoyable and informative videos thus far Dave, the collective "we" would probably have never had such an opportunity see such a production line like this, Thank you SO much.

[@xDR1TeK]

Nothing short of amazing. Highly educational. Brilliant company must have a brilliant mind behind it. And being Australian is a definite signature to the good meticulous work involved. Thanks Dave.

[@MrHolozip]

This was a great tour, nice to know you have such a fantastic facility on your doorstep. Awesome stuff.

[@bbreeuwer4577]

It's already a somewhat older video, but big big big thumbs up. Not only a must see for every engineer who is involved in this field, but also for the very good questions, documentation and mostly the extremely honest response from Ness. I know a lot of companies who bury themselves in all kind of weird 'secrets', which may be voodoo for unknown people, but are just a big joke for the insiders. The attitude of this company is pretty straightforward. They are not going to pretend they have weird 'special' equipment. No they just simple have the skills, know how and are smart. That's where you can make the difference, even in western countries. To bad it's on the other side of the world for me.

[@billysgeo]

That's an immensely interesting video! He touched a very wide variety of interesting subjects!!!! Hats off!!!

[@PeachTeaFlavour]

Really enjoyed this thanks to all of you for taking the time to make this!

[@dunkelheit843]

Loved the video, really interesting. Big respect to that CEO for his knowlage, ability to explain and taking the time.

[@scottalanlawson421]

Thanks Dave for another fantastic video. Really helped me understand some of the little parts of the process I did not understand before (including the fiducial tips), and some of the equipment in there is absolutely amazing. Also happen to be doing a report on the assembly process for college and it's gave me plenty to talk about!

[@Icefumy]

I work in the SMT, nice to see other brands of machines used. Maybe the guy should also invest in solder paste inspection as well, might yield a better result on SMD soldering, since some of the SMD problems are caused by small paste errors in as well... We do own a AOI system to check every pcb on paste and placement errors, might be interesting to get one of those flying probe testers as well..

[@Poundy]

Thanks Naz for taking the time to show us an Aussie company doing great things here @Home and realising there's more to the cost of doing business than just finding the cheapest place to have boards built !

[@muzzaball]

What an awesome tour and a brilliant explanation of the process by both CEO & Dave!

[@ashiha13]

I worked at a Motorola factory before that had similar but much larger machines. I was given the task of locating those part reels for the people running the machines. I learned a lot of this during my time there, but man is it nice to see everything again. Thanks for the video!

[@chartle1]

When I saw the part with the passthrough, when they looked at the stencils, I thought OK they removed a piece of the line so they could film stuff easier. I hope they get it put back before the next board comes through. And then what, an extendable transfer system!!!! Who thinks of this stuff!?

[@tobiaspahlsson8126]

Awesome stuff! Thanks a lot Dave & Ness! Such a great insight.

[@compactc9]

I loved it! Glad you were able to make this video.

[@JohnKha]

Super awesome, very insightful. As someone that dreams of starting an electronics manufacturing company, resources like this are invaluable.

[@billysgeo]

I would suggest you try and make it into a series. You know, maybe once a month or two, go there and have a more in depth discussion with Ness, or someone else from his stuff about different aspects of manufacturing. Since everything there is done in-house, there is wide range of things to talk about! From design and prototype testing, to software and user interface etc... I can easily see it being some of the most popular videos in your vlog!

[@mvorisek5904]

Give a like if you want more of these videos!

[@magna59]

Mmmm ......... this interview is great , but this guy is a manufacturer , not a college . May be a college should be set up along side & let this guy get back to what he sounds very enthusiastic about , manufacturing good , sorted , electronics . But it would be nice to see this as an annual event , once a year , in the grass root of manufacturing , in its undergrowth . I would like to see his thinking on the "green" challenge & the de manufacturing of this product . Should we be looking forward to end to end manufacturing , in which this guy also has facilities to pull the kit apart again , lazer desoldering , oven flash heating with component hoovering ?

[@Anamnesia]

Great Video Dave! Thanks... :) I'm a fitter & turner by trade & used to work at Clipsal (Gerard Industries) in Bowden, South Australia up until 1997. I worked on mostly injection mold manufacture/maintenance, but knew the press tool guys & across most of the manufacturing process from raw materials, through to finished goods. I spent 12.5 years at Clipsal & it was very educating. When I left they'd been using rapid prototyping for about 4 years & CNC machines for about 8 years... It's still fascinating to me, but I'm glad I got out of it... Cheers!

[@Ivo--]

That was REALLY interesting Dave, thanks! I love these field trip video's. I also really enjoyed the one at the TV transmitter. More of this!!!! :)

[@Polaventris]

I have no idea about the electronics manufacturing, but I found this video extremely interesting. Thank you.

[@fletcher3913]

Excellent tour. Thank you for taking us along.

[@bradr-86]

Excellent video. Thanks for the tour Dave and Naz!

[@simoncroft9792]

Fab video, takes me back to my days in the PCB assy game. This was pansert thru hole and programming of bed of nails test. Thank you!

[@bobkelly7463]

It is great to see an Australian company doing so well and keeping it in Australia! Good on you Ness Corp.

[@B-M.B]

the CEO is really a great guy, he knows his stuff and be really proud of his company. really great.

[@Btw_visit_____todacarne-com]

Two men that love their craft and they both want to show off a little bit about it. Great video.

[@capoman1]

Are you kidding me? This was just jam packed with knowledge and inspiration. IF THAT didn't make you love/appreciate the manufacturing process and what goes into it, and how good and smart and thorough processes and management CAN MAKE YOU in an industry, and make great things, beautiful/cheap/reliable things possible and consistent... WHAT WILL??? IMO Dave you cannot do TOO MANY of these types of tours. Hell, if you wanted to start a funding campaign to pay your way to Asian countries for some type of comparison tours and to show the working conditions there... I'd be in for something like that too.

[@rikvdmark]

Completely agree!

[@YensR]

Fantastic stuff! Great tour - thanks Dave and thank you Naz!

[@PackratCND]

Dave .... That was a great tour/vid ! I had been on a similar tour to a factory out in Quebec Canada, but yours was more fun and informative by far ... Thanks

[@timecomment879]

Thank you for letting me watch the factory. I wish you success in your business.

[@CheapSushi]

I wish more CEO's were like him. Seriously a great video, really enjoyed hearing about the whole process & challenges.

[@stephenholland6328]

Excellent video! Engineer to engineer pulls out the depth that makes this very informative.

[@ronjones4069]

Once again, a great video and a good update on what the industry in up to. Thanks Dave.

[@barrygiblett5823]

I cant believe he let you into his factory, let alone film and ask all those hard questions, well done, I will be looking for ness PIR's in the future ...

[@donwald3436]

please stop interrupting the guest

[@maesitos]

Don Wald yeah

[@niaz.shovon]

Exactly what I came here to comment.

[@bripbrap]

Absolutely amazing video Dave! Thank you! long time viewer first time commenter. that flying probe machine is utterly amazing... blew my mind!

[@wtlinternationallimited8084]

Looks very nice! Glad to see the level where the technology has reached.

[@agonymobile]

Awesome, Thanks a million Dave for that interview

[@willrobbinson]

This is a great walkthrough of the NESS pcb factory, very informative.

[@strangersound]

This is my kind of reality TV. Thanks, Dave and Naz. ;)

[@RPBCACUEAIIBH]

Thanks for the tour Dave! Nice...

[@cmreel]

Fascinating. I work in and around these machines daily, I wondered what other places might look like.

[@lasersimonjohnson]

What a nice and knowledgable chap he is and what a great facility !

[@michaelhawthorne8696]

Hi Dave Thought this video was one of your best, especially as it was so connected to my place of work. I work as a test engineer for a firm with assets that try to emulate what was in the video. Unfortunately they don't come close although they do produce good stuff but on a budget. I was familiar with the SMT process and was interested to notice that their test gear from YesTech was something we use but was called 'Yes Tek' This gear was somewhat more compact, maybe an earlier design. There is more I can say on this video and might do that in the future. Thanks fort this.

[@zachtos2]

Thanks for the video tour, very interesting peek behind the scenes!

[@lasersbee]

Dave..this Video is much better in the sense that there is less blurring when you scan the camera left or right. The first Video was still watchable.. I was enlightened by the testing methods and the Fresnel Lens info. Thank for this to you and Naz.

[@rubber20021]

Wow, I remember working with mydata equipment... loading the magazine jobs only. That was a couple moons ago! Thanks for showing the whole picture.... Of coarse I learned much of this myself and by working with co-workers... but profiling is a science all by itself... 2xsided is tricky! Then off to through hole, hence another profile. We finally got it to test later on in my career 0- see smoke or not, and to repair if time allowed, Dave, I had a great deal of fun each day! My company got me to move around, and I will never forget that!

[@elcolotronics8447]

Man, freaking awesome tour/interview. What I like most is that you can talk back and forth with the people. Other video tours are pure self-promotional videos, they monologue showing only what they want, "look how expensive the equipment is"... But here you can talk about design, ask questions about cost not to try to get internal info but to understand the impact of choosing components, good panel design, or what they have to do when required to use a commodity component of a particular brand. Amazing, thanks Dave ;)

[@BuysDB]

"Showing off.. yep". Very high quality tour, if stuff like this would be broadcasted on tv, then I would probably buy one.

[@swiftjeff]

That was a great tour, many thanks!

[@DavidJapanese]

DAVE! Just let the man explain his craft! You don`t need to finish his sentences. Still.. good video :)

[@Armadurapersonal]

Motorcycles, pianos, and also pick-and-place machines, Yamaha does everything!

[@Indiskret1]

Wonderful tour, many thanks! :)

[@techgood]

Thanks Dave and CEO, very good video

[@CoolKat501]

I like the 50fps. I can actually notice the difference and it feels a lot smoother.

[@Bob_Lob_Law]

60fps is even better. Especially since its a standard for digital displays.

[@dmxspider]

That was awesome and insightful! Thanks for sharing!

[@BOMBOVA]

i stayed with it to the end, one of the better, / best video , i have seen on smt " surface mount technology " smd, " surface mount device " excellent, CEO, you got a gold star operation going for you, Major kudos, thanks David.

[@leaoaugusto]

dave, thanks so much for Posting this video. it is very good!

[@johnnymartini1072]

very nice. Thank you Naz and Dave :)

[@Mickice]

This is a fantastic video! Good work Dave.

[@iamthearmul]

Very good material. Thanks!

[@stuartthegrant]

Very interesting tour, thanks for posting

[@tombutsik]

Thank you for showing this Factory tour its very informative.

[@stever128]

Mate This was such an informative video that I just could not stop watching it. Great work. Thanks for the channel. What's more is I just love the aussie accent broadcast to the world.

[@TrueMachine2]

Thanks, really enjoyed the tour...

[@konradkubit6525]

Very nice tour and video Dave

[@remrick88]

That was off the charts GREAT

[@BOMBOVA]

My, so detailed, for such a video, thanks major Dave.

[@MegaSureewan]

Yep, yep, yep... this was a great video. While some of you were critical of Dave, let's just say he doesn't have to do these videos and you don't have to watch them. In general, a lot of people would get a lot out of the video he hosts himself or has guest hosts. As for Ness, to be honest I did not know much about his company except his product range. Now given Ness takes pride in manufacturing in Australia, I am stunned Australian politicians are not taking serious notice of him, his philosophies and his business and trying to replicating it many times over in Australia rather than outsourcing to Asia or taking in foreign workers en masse. Dave mate, take on the advice of the many comments here, punch out the informative videos and promote Aussie engineering. In our era if we wanted to learn electronics, we had Dick Smith's, Talking Electronics, Electronics Australia, etc... one by one they are all dying out... your videos will live on... luckily for my 3yo son, when he grows up he will have some resources to look over.

[@rubusroo68]

very informative, thanks for posting

[@davidellis4031]

Awesome video. I watched through almost an hour of a video about something that I have no professional interest in, because it's fascinating to see the effort and detail that is put into fairly unsexy products when the people who make them actually care about them.

[@jfsimon1981]

Awesome, He really is involved, and this is very interesting. Jean-François

[@mbarizia]

that pcb testing machine is mind blowing 21:34 not just the probes but the automatic mode test switching (continuity, capacitance, resistances.. etc) that are set on the fly... they bought this machine many years ago, speaking.. in 2014

[@AleksandarKospenda]

Fascinating. Enjoyed that a lot.

[@Renatodonadio]

This is the factory that produced that alarm system control panel board with the burnt component you showed last week, you promised us a factory tour and you did it! ;-D

[@IanScottJohnston]

Still a fantastic video......would love to see Dave revisit Ness now it's 5 years later.

[@duggiewest8181]

Awesome stuff. More power to ness and their approach to building a product to last. Very rear nowadays.

[@MN-sc9qs]

Great CEO, and great tour!

[@killernat]

the automated testing is absolutely amazing

[@chartle1]

I now think I know why some boards direct from China are so cheap (besides using cheaper components). They probably don't do any testing.

[@williamhayden7711]

My experience, smaller companies are the innovators. Why? Because they have to. They have to engineer themselves a reputation and design products that will captivate buyers. The big guys in many cases are riding their coat tails.

[@Stabby666]

Really interesting, cheers Dave!

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

45:32 😆 The look on his face! ....He really wasn't feelin the plant tour at first, but he got into it.

[@successfulengineer]

Yep, this guy is a class act. Great video.

[@qwerzypaine]

I will start as an SMT technician soon, comming from a Cigarette manufacturing mechanic. This is a big help understanding the process.

[@FrontSideBus]

Very interesting! Thanks for showing!

[@nzoomed]

Just been soldering an SMT board from scratch fro my tesla coil, boy does it do your head in!