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Printed Circuit Board Assembly

SMT Line

Vanguard’s manufacturing services are equipped for high-mix, low-volume production.

We operate 4 state of the art SMT lines of which, 3 were recently updated in order to increase the number and type of components we are able to place. With this recent investment, we have increased our scope, reliability, accuracy and speed.

Vanguard practices Lean Manufacturing and strives to reduce waste from all possible processes. This is an ongoing venture as we constantly learn new ways to diminish unnecessary waste as we strive to perfect our practices.

Bullet Board-level Manufacturing

Multiple identical lines allow planning flexibility

Technology upgrades to enhance complex product capability

  • Four SMT lines; 3 recently updated
  • 01005 and .4MM BGA capable

Validated RoHs processes

Bullet Through-Hole Assembly

Wave solder

  • Organic
  • No-Clean
  • Lead-Free
  • RMA

Bullet SMARTer Manufacturing

Proprietary software manufacturing package developed to perfect information systems

  • Converting systems to all Online Documentation to increase efficiency in manufacturing processes and tracking

Visual indicators

  • Shows real-time across production and program processes
  • Will improve cycle times for manufacturing and planning

First phase to be completed by Spring 2011

Bullet Manual Assembly

Well-trained manufacturing associates

Clear well-designed documentation

Customer work groups

Bullet Rework/Repair

MicroBGA

Lead-Free

Bullet Process control

Quality metrics

Statistical Process Control

Continuous Improvement Process

Process Barcode System for real time tracking

Kit Picking

WIP

Testing at Vanguard
 

"Vanguard clearly has the best-developed test organization in the Northwest."

- Recent statement from a new Vanguard customer


We've invested heavily in our test organization

Bullet 3 Degreed Test Engineers
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Bullet 25 Test Techs
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Bullet (2) Agilent 3070's
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Bullet (2) Takaya Flying Probe Testers
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Bullet Boundary Scan Development
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Bullet Functional Test Implementation

Bullet Environmental Stress Screening
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Bullet Troubleshoot and
     Debug capability