Quick Turn (24h) Recommendations? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: new299
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2020, 04:23:37 am
content: Hi all,I’ve never used a quick turn service before, someone’s asked me if I can turn around a board really quickly. Can anyone recommend a service they’ve had good experience with?I’m based in Japan, but international is fine. Mostly I’m interested in a service that can turn around (two layer) quickly reliably.

author: rea5245
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2020, 11:24:56 am
content: Have you looked atPCBShopper.com? It's a price comparison calculator for PCB manufacturing. One of the options is how many business days you want to receive the finished boards in.Disclosure: I run PCBShopper.- Bob Alexander

author: SMTech
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 21, 2020, 10:37:26 pm
content: If you want to turn around a PCB quickly, go local and pay $$$ accordingly that way if you are really desperate you can go and collect it freshly made or use a same day courier.

author: new299
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2020, 06:36:51 pm
content: Quote from: SMTech on June 21, 2020, 10:37:26 pmWell, yes recommendations for somewhere somewhat local (Tokyo) would be good. I just got quoted 3000USD for 5 50x50mm boards. Does that sound reasonable? (certainly a lot more than I've seen elsewhere...).

author: SMTech
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2020, 07:32:24 pm
content: Sounds a little steep but then every day you shorten on the lead time has a huge knock-on effect, we don't often use this kind of service but we recently had a Covid related rush proto run, 20 boards about that size plus another 40 tiny daughter boards,4 layer 48 hours slightly less money. You need to be familiar with several firms to find the availability at the right price. The quotes you get will vary widely.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2020, 08:18:25 pm
content: Also, see if you can speed up your end of the process to allow another day or two on the PCB leadtime, if nothing else it gives you the shipping time to look furher afield.4 layer is typically minimum 2 days due to the lamination process.That US$3K price for 2 layer sounds a lot like a "go away we don't want to do it" sort of price.I've had 2L jobs of that size done by my local PCB place in the UK shipped same-day for about GBP300. It helps if you can give the PCB house notice to book a production slot, i.e. tell them when you start doing the layout that they;ll have teh gerbers the next day.Also helps if you're not fussy about colours or finish - some fabs run certaion colours/finishes on certain days of the week.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2020, 08:20:11 pm
content: It also helps to cultivate a local PCB house - give them other jobs, pay them promptly, recommend them to others, so when the sh!t hits the reflow oven, they're more willing to help you out.

author: SMTech
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2020, 09:13:29 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on June 22, 2020, 08:20:11 pmYes indeed, also some of the companies that will help you out like this can be quite small with little to no web presence. It never hurts to be a member of a few relevant business communities/groups, grow your contacts on social media, attend seminars etc. Do some favours here and there and favours will be owed to you.

author: new299
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 03, 2020, 03:09:56 am
content: I ended up going with PCBTrain. They fab within 24h and shipping was quick enough (I think it took a week total). The boards are massless, ~70GBP for a 100x100 board (doesn't seem to scale with size below this, so anything <100x100 appears to be the same price).This was good enough for me, given that I don't have access to a local fab.

author: MR
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 03, 2020, 05:30:39 am
content: That sounds a bit crazy, being located in Japan ordering in UK because they offer 24h turnaround... that will add several days of shipping.Considering that you can easily ask a fab in Japan for 2-5 days and pick it up directly.google japan pcb manufacturer:PCB Manufacturers in JapanCENTURY MICRO INC. Japan, Tokyo. (0 reviews) ...CMK CORPORATION. Japan, Tokyo. (0 reviews) ...ELNA CO., LTD. Japan. ...IBIDEN CO., Ltd. Japan. ...IHARA Corporation. Japan, Aichi. ...Kawasaka Process Co., Ltd. Japan, Osaka Prefecture. ...MEIKO ELECTRONICS Co., Ltd. Japan, Kanagawa. ...Tokai Shinei Electronics Industry Co., Ltd. Japan, Gifuken.