Industry:
Industrial Start up opportunity
Application:
300 feet plus flex… What?
Opportunity:
Flexible Circuit Technologies was contacted by an Industrial customer who had a startup opportunity based upon a new concept centered on measuring temperatures across an extended length for a given application and its intended use.
Solution:
FCT’s USA based Engineering and Program Management team met with the customer to attain overall high-level requirements and further to gain a more detailed understanding for the application, the challenges, and the overall opportunity.
Some of the key challenges had to do with length required for the solution, as it needed to be over 300 feet long while also being produced at a cost-effective price. FCT was able to utilize our large format equipment and then developed a splicing method that allowed us to deliver a product that is over 300 feet long and doing so at a cost-effective price and further that met end use requirements related to additional challenges having to do with temperature exposure and load.
Beyond the length of the flexible circuit, the product also required assembly of components and additionally FCT had to meet challenging test requirements. FCT performed the assembly of components at our EMS center in Shenzhen China and further worked with the customer to attain detailed test requirements. Our highly experienced Test engineering team was able to implement testing procedures that allowed us to test and validate the product. The customer then came to FCT with a request to developing a packaging method that would allow for safe shipping and further for more convenient use in the field where the product is utilized. FCT proposed and then developed a customer reel system that would meet overall requirements for shipping and improved use in the field.
Result:
To date the customer has been extremely pleased with FCT’s performance, inclusive of overall design, method of production, and packaging and further in the extremely responsive support that we provided inclusive of meeting challenging timelines. The initial prototypes performed very well out in the field and proved out the customer concept. We now are in the process of moving this program to long term production for the customer.
