"product" assembly house? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: JWoodrell
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 02:26:43 pm
content: My projects in the past have had the PCB assembled and shipped to me and I do the part of screwing them into the housing mounting the other bits, loading the software ect ect tot urn the PCB into a product. but while doing 20 yourself if one thing, doing a thousand or more well not so much.Ive spent the morning searching around bit Ive come up empty. I keep finding people that assemble furniture, or assemble products within their own industry (medical for example).But i need to figure out how to find companies that do the product assembly where I ship them the housings, the other bits, the assembled circuit boards, the packaging, etc... and they send back the finished product ready to go to the customer.Basically I am trying to expand into more of a supply chain setup rather than a one person hobbyist setup.can you guys reccomend particualt assemblers, or help me with how to search or them. thanks

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 02:38:48 pm
content: Not clear whether you are considering something on the other side of the planet or local? For that matter, we have no real clue WHERE you are because your profile does not reveal your location?I think this is a good topic for others as well. Likely many of us have small-scale products that could take off and leave us needing assembly sub-contractors.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 02:46:18 pm
content: Depends a lot where you are. Here in Uk, pretty much all assembly houses will do full box-build,test and anything else you pay them to do.

author: JWoodrell
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 03:20:37 pm
content: I am in North Carolina, USA (i never updated my profile)I wouldn't be opposed to overseas. I will talk to the place I have used to assemble PCBs and see if it is something they can help with, but I will probably go with someone in the US just for piece of mind and shipping cost reasons...

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 03:27:21 pm
content: Earlier post suggests in North Carolina.edit: the "while typing a post has been placed" warning is broken on mobile?At work we've outsourced a few product completely to a german company. With hundreds a months it's not possible to do everything yourself. Without expanding the building and hiring.They do the following.- buy parts. (With major discounts, since we're not their only costomer)- assemble boards.- load test firmware and test boards.- repair possible failed boards. (We have to fix a handful a year when they can't find the fault)- ship to molding companyThen they're shipped to us.We perform last full functional test and load the right firmware. And to the customerthey go.

author: Caio Negri
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 06:39:54 pm
content: Haven't used it so I can't recommend, but here's a company in US that does excactly thathttps://macrofab.com/

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 07:51:57 pm
content: Googling "contract manufacturing north carolina" brings up this:http://www.thomasnet.com/north-carolina/electronic-contract-manufacturing-17873050-1.htmlThe CMs I know will do everything, from just soldering the PCB to delivering shrink-wrapped end customer products.

author: JWoodrell
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 08:08:51 pm
content: Thankyou that is exactly what I was looking for, i didnt know the term that it was called to look for. Thankyou Benta