Didn't keep the original question...but...
Okay here's my first question. We are shopping around for a 'go-to' supplier
for rapid turn prototypes. My feeling is that most can sufficiently satisfy
our delivery and cost IF we establish a design for manuf guideline that is
"rapid-turn" friendly. Is that a true statement.

For these types of builds, would you say that if our end-use will be Class1
BUT have various complexity levels, we should create a design guideline for
'Rapid Proto for levelA' and 'Rapid Proto for LevelB'...etc. Does this make
sense? I envision a 3 field table for the 3 producibility levels but only as
they relate to quickturn rapid prototypes. Then pulse the suppliers for
filling in the values that suit best.

Finally do suppliers observe and speak in terms of the Product
Classification outlined by IPC (e.g. Type, Class, Level)? IPC has created
nifty break-out of all board types.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 2:39 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] PCB Manufacturers


Well

So far we have managed to obtain about 5 replies from PCB manufacturers out
of how may thousands worldwide

Can anyone suggest a way of getting them involved ?

Surely its about time that the people that use PCB,s( PWB,s) started talking
to the people that make them!

I used to be a specialty chemical supplier to the PCB industry in the UK and
realized a long time ago that users of pcbs don't talk to the manufacturers,
they send them a design and that's it
The problem is users don't often understand the processes involved in
manufacture

Any comments

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