In a message dated 10/6/99 5:32:00 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> It sounds as if you could all do with a couple of weeks in a pcb
> manufacturing shop to understand how the boards you order are made
>
> Talk to your boss and suggest it, you may learn a lot
>
> Paul Brown
Yeah Paul, you're right...I'm just a typical stupid user. This is the first
time I've been in a position that has had to actually deal with crappy boards
from a fab shop. At my past positions, all the work was consigned, not
turnkey as it now. Our customers supplied us the boards and we just assembled
them, if the board fell apart after they were built, it wasn't our problem.
I was hired at my present position as a surface mount process engineer, but
find myself being pulled into the PCB procurement and recieving inspection
end of things because it seems I'm the only one trying to take the time out
find out why we've been getting stung so badly with the boards that we buy.
The problems that rear their ugly head only happen AFTER we've assembled many
boards. Presently, and in the past, the way boards are bought here is that we
get the gerbers and drawings from our customers, the buyers find a fab shop,
and if the price is right, we buy the boards. I'm not in purchasing, I don't
see the gerbers or drawings before they're sent out, I just see the boards
when all the material comes together and we get ready to build them.
Yeah, you can call me a typical un-educated user, but I'm trying to change
that...
-Steve Gregory-
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