Hi Greg!

They're charging YOU time to create a vision database to place a part on a
board they're building for you? WOW!

I gotta say, in the 17-yrs. that I've been in contract manufacturing, that's
the first time I've ever heard of that...

We do have a flat NRE charge for initial P & P programming and tooling, but
that includes everything, i.e.; Stencils, vision programs for placement, color
coded production aids, screen printer programs, reflow oven and wave solder
recipes, rework recipes if we need them, ect., ect...

But to have itemized charges for each and every individual facet of the
programming needed for manufacturing? Getting a little anal if you ask me...

-Steve Gregory-


> technetters,
>
> We recently introduced a 516 pin 1mm BGA on one of our latest boards.  Our
> EMS provider is trying to charge us 2 hours of line time (for a significant
> amount of money) for time spent adjusting the lighting on their GSM cameras.
> They claim that the non-uniform ball grid layout was causing recognition
> errors at placement.  It has been a while since I've worked directly with
> P&P equipment, but 2 hours of time seems a ridiculous amount of time to
> adjust the cameras.  Any thoughts?
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Gregory Parke
> Senior Manufacturing Engineer
> Coriolis Networks
> 330 Codman Hill Road
> Boxborough, MA 01719
> Voice:  978-264-1904 x651
> Fax:    978-264-1909
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