You're doing a damn good job making the change and becoming a damn good
student. Your present company is in good company as you do them more good
than they'll probably ever know.
MoonMan
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen R. Gregory <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TN] Two distinct layers of copper...
> In a message dated 10/6/99 5:32:00 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > 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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