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With over 25 years of experience in the industry, we provide a wide range of Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) from our factories in the UK and Romania, as well as Managed Supply Chain Service for products and assemblies from manufacturers in China and Southeast Asia.
Our goal is to establish long term client relationships by delivering focused, high quality services and facilitating sustainable manufacturing and supply chain partnerships.
Our Head Office, UK factory and central warehouse are located in Basingstoke. We have our own scheduled transport operation of regular transfer of materials and finished products between our UK and Romanian factories.
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With our PCB Design & Layout service, we can project manage the introduction of your new product from the very beginning. Modern new product development practices utilise computer aided design (CAD) software that facilitates the progression of your design from concept through to finished design with firmware and hardware. If the design is very complex, our engineers will work with a specialist electronic design house to ensure your product receives the highest level of electronic design skills possible. All new PCB designs with which we are involved receive input from our skilled engineers by our Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) services. We can also provide DFM advice on existing designs.
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Both our UK and Romanian factory sites have extensive facilities for the assembly of ESD protected Printed Circuit Boards. This gives us the ability to fulfil even the most demanding requirements for Plated Through Hole and Surface Mount Technologies.
Each site has state-of-the-art wave soldering and convection reflow equipment that facilitates controlled PCB component soldering following either hand or automatic placement. Solder paste printing is done via our Sigma AX400 solder paste printers. We use high speed Philips/Assembleon pick and place lines configured with large component sequencers (LCS). Reflow soldering is done with our Essemtec convection reflow solder oven.
Our fully trained operators assemble all boards to IPC-A-610D Class 3 Standards. Efficient and responsive quality assurance is enhanced by Yestech F1S equipment that provides Automated Optical Inspection (AOI).
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Our Surface Mount (SMT) PCB assembly process consists of three main phases: screen printing, pick and place, and reflow soldering. For screen printing, we use a Speedline SP100 computer controlled screen printer that precisely aligns the PCB to the solder paste screen. The solder paste we use is SAC387 lead free with no clean flux. Surface mount pick and place is done with a high-speed Phillips line that can place up to 15,000 components per hour, enabling large batch processing when required. The Yestech F1S High Speed Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) used for quality assurance can detect a wide variety of defects including short solder, bent lead or skewed components at a speed of up to 250,000 components per hour. Reflow soldering is performed with the computerised Essemtec RO400FC convection oven that utilises a vertical airflow for efficient heat transfer. Precise temperature control at all stages of the soldering is maintained via software profiles specific to the glue and solder.
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We carry out conventional through-hole component placement to IPC-A-610D Class 3 workmanship standards by hand or with a semi-automatic component insertion station. After cropping the board if necessary with our Blakell Autosheer equipment, soldering can be done manually or with our AFT250 Wave Solderer. We use no clean solder wire for manual soldering, and lead free SACPO307 solder with no clean flux for wave soldering. The ATF250 uses full convection pre-heating and automatic spray fluxing, with composite coated pots and solder waves, and has Dual Wave capability for soldering THT and SMD components.
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Our highly skilled and experienced staff carry out cable and wire harness assembly to IPC/WHMA - 620 Class 3 standard using the latest cable assembly preparation equipment.
We have fully automatic Kodera and Komex wire processing machines that feature crimp force analysis and digital crimp height for precision and consistency. We supplement these machines with a range of semi-automatic equipment that we use for crimping, preparation and marking for lower volume assemblies.
Our Cable Assembly Services include:
- Cut and prepared wires: strip, tin dip, crimp (single and multi-core)
- Crimped assemblies: we have automatic connector and crimp tooling for all major manufacturers to include Cannon, Deutsch, JST, Hirose, Molex and Tyco
- Cable Looms and Harnesses for applications ranging from panel wiring to industrial interconnect harnesses
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The flexible Komax Gamma 255 fully automatic crimping machine performs a key role in our Cable Assembly Services. The Komax 255 is compatible with all commercial applications, and offers efficient high-quality processing of cross sections ranging from as smallas 0.0123mm2 / AWG36 to 2.5mm2 / AWG14, and can work with double-side crimped wires as short as 20 mm. Our configuration of the Komax 255 includes a crimping module, twisting module and fluxing / tinning device as well as integrated crimp height measurement and pull-out force monitoring devices for quality assurance. This high speed machine has a prefeeder and two wire straightening units, as well as splice, knot and wire-end detection. The Komax 255 can be used for cutting, full strip or half strip, crimping, ink-jet marking, twisting / tinning, ferrule crimping, split cycle for closed barrel and coaxial and triaxial cabling.
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We offer a tailored service dedicated to the manufacture and assembly of "complex in design" high-value, low volume products through our highly skilled Special Projects engineering team. These experienced engineers focus on project management, prototype assembly, quality, system testing and delivery. A large number of the projects we undertake are directly contracted with the MOD and Tier 1 aerospace and military contractors. We also have a great deal of experience with projects for national and international companies, including commercial clients who provide products for the motorsport, broadcast and rail transport industries.
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We offer a single source "component to boxed product" full product assembly service. Our product build specialists combine the core electronic skills of PCB and mechanical assembly as well as cabling to assemble and test electronic products, which can then be packaged to our client's point-of-sale specification.
We can set up unique product manufacturing cells to the client's specification, with dedicated factory floor space, specialist assembly staff and line side materials. Our product assembly services also include logistics planning, Kan Ban finished goods stock holding and end user delivery.
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Our engineers have a great deal of experience in manufacturing and assembling control panels for a wide range of industries and applications, again utilising the core skills of PCB assembly, mechanical assembly and cabling. The result is a single source control panel assembly service which includes mounting and integrating PCBs, power supplies and associated electrical equipment, interconnection of wiring and cabling, component marking and post-assembly testing.
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Full in-house AOI inspection is carried out as standard on assembled PCBs with YESTech's F1S Automated Optical Inspection (AIO) equipment. We can perform further electronic testing including BGS placement X-ray, flying probe and full functional testing with client-specified equipment and test procedures. Our cable testing team, using the latest computerised testing methods, and perform full circuit testing, insulation breakdown testing and high voltage flash testing. Our test-engineering department can provide solutions to the most challenging testing requirements. Our dedicated Inspection and Test Teams operate under the leadership of our Group Quality Manager. Their operation encompasses all disciplines at our factories.
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We offer a selection of back potting and encapsulation processes as added value services for situations in which your components need a greater degree of protection than normal from environmental hazards or to enhance product design security. It is important to select the right compound, and we can advise on the best combination of optimum performance and value for money. We can back pot or encapsulate a large range of PCBs, interface box assemblies and connectors with our modern specialist plant, which operates from a dedicated location within our factory. This plant includes full fume extraction and conforms to the highest safety standards.
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We can provide full, part or free issue basis procurement services, using computerised stock control that integrates the picking process and purchasing information for individual clients. Shortfalls from the picking process are advised directly to the purchasing department. Our purchasing team source components throughout the world to make sure pricing is at its most competitive, enabling us to offer a cost-effective procurement and supply chain management service. We use the fully integrated Uniplan Enterprise Resource Planning system for buffer stocking with full traceability of every component from initial order placement through to despatch. Our Logistics Team advise on the best solution for every situation ranging from a single drop delivery to buffer stocking or JIT/Kanban. This allows our clients to reduce costs in both procurement time and inventory upkeep.
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Our EC Electronics Group subsidiary in Hong Kong, EC Supply Chains Solutions Ltd, is ideally placed to offer managed Asian supply chain services for the procurement of all types of consumable items and products, including:
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PCB bare boards and assemblies
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Cable and wire harness assemblies
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Full product assemblies
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Plastic and metal fabrication
The company's primary function is to provide our UK and European clients with direct "upstream" supply chain services for almost any product or service available from Chinese and Southeast Asian suppliers. This lets our customers capitalise on the positive economic aspects of offshore Asian supply while minimising associated risks thanks to an established and secure managed service.
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We have held ISO 9001 approval since 1994, and hold ISO 9001:2008 certification for the design and manufacture of electrical products, surface-mount and through hole PCB assembly as well as cable, overmoulded lead and harness assembly, and the distribution of electronic components and enclosures. We have a strong commitment to Total Customer Care, as is reflected by our Quality Policy and Quality Management System. It is our policy to provide the our customers with professional service, adopting the principle of "right first time" and performing all work cost-effectively to the highest standards. We also invest in the latest technologies and maintain a workforce of the highest calibre through continual personal development opportunities.
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Our UK factory offers quick turnaround on low-to-medium batch size Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS), including:
- PCB, Cable, Wire Harness and Control Panel assembly
- Full Product Assembly
- Prototyping and new client project introduction, initial manufacturing setup and preproduction testing
Our Head Office and Group Support operations are also in the UK, and include our central warehouse, purchasing and logistics, quality management, accounts, sales and marketing.
We embraced the concept of flexible working years before government legislation came into place, and we offer our employees an improved work / life balance through a Compressed Working Hours agreement for both production and administrative employees.
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Some of the latest developments have included:
- Our new subsidiary in Hong Kong for the provision of managed Asian supply chain services
- Direct staff support for Romanian orphanages
- New encapsulation and potting equipment in our Romanian factory
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http://www.ecelectronics.co.uk
