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Contract manufacturing

The manufacturing of goods and products by one company under the label or brand of another. Contract manufacturing is a process in which one company outsources part or the entire manufacturing production to another company for such benefits as cost savings, improved quality, increased ROI, reduced safety risks, enhanced business focus, and faster speed.

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Contract manufacturing

Burring

Manufacturing; Contract manufacturing

A thin ridge or area of roughness produced in cutting or shaping metal.

Surface mount technology (SMT)

Manufacturing; Contract manufacturing

A fully automated manufacturing system to mount or solder electrical and/or electronic components on the surface of a PCB

Solder mask

Manufacturing; Contract manufacturing

A non-conductive resistant printed on surface of a circuit board to protest circuit from oxidation, and circuit shorts during wave-soldering.

Stencil

Manufacturing; Contract manufacturing

Stencil is a cooper foil screen with SMD pads etched openings use for solder paste printing in assembly.

Registration

Manufacturing; Contract manufacturing

The layer alignment of data, artwork, films, imaging process, screening, lamination, drilling and routing.

Repeatability

Manufacturing; Contract manufacturing

The ability of a machine to perform the same operation any number of times to a specified degree of accuracy.

Sequencing

Manufacturing; Contract manufacturing

An assembly term refers to arranging axial / radial components in their order of insertion sequence.

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