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yes, what was the utilization like?
by willcarkner 1mo ago
yes, what was the utilization like?
- cryo32 1mo ago20-40% capacity. Reserve available. Turnaround same day on a board (2 layer). Next day 4 layer. Two days exotic (rogers etc). Pick, place, soldered 2 days or delivered to lab immediately after panel cut. If they had a fast production run in they could extend to 24 hours operation and triple base capacity. They did a fair bit of TH though which was manually stuffed and wave soldered which could slow stuff down considerably.
- willcarkner 1mo agoVery interesting, I'm wondering if that low-utilization rate justifies the capex of building a line.
- cryo32 1mo agoIt's mostly for security reasons. Both supply chain and secrecy.
- yitchelle 1mo agoLow utilisation would be a good thing as they would value availability to the line very highly.
- willcarkner 1mo agoYes and no, I could imagine a system where they have on demand capacity with a company like us and pay for that service.
- yitchelle 1mo agoI see what you did there. :-) Good luck with your venture btw.