Industry:
International Eastern Europe
Application:
Industrial/Commercial Electronics and Network Infrastructure
Opportunity:
An International Customer located in Eastern Europe came to FCT for support in the design and fabrication of an extremely difficult flexible circuit component. Challenges included supporting the design and development of a part that is ~0.61”wide x ~74” long, that consists of 7 separate 2-Layer circuits soldered together with gold plated traces all exposed on one side; with 28 SMT components needing to be mounted to the other side, and a 60 mil polycarbonate stiffener applied with the adhesive on both sides the full length to the components side, and then all components encapsulated with epoxy. The part was extremely challenging when considering manufacturability.
Solution:
FCT took this project on knowing that it would be quite challenging. We worked with our manufacturing facilities to work through the considerable challenges that we would face during fabrication.
Result:
FCT successfully worked through the various issues that required considerable manufacturing achievements that led to the successful development of this product while meeting strict customer requirements. This led to a successful program and a very happy customer given failed attempts with past suppliers.
