16 February 2011Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services
Since its inception in 1993, Sabertek has grown from a small electronic design company to a complete solutions provider for the electronic industry. The company today boasts an enviable track record in the sub-contract manufacturing market, backed by a fully integrated ISO9001 quality management system. With a complement of close to 70 highly trained personnel, Sabertek offers a full service portfolio from engineering and design, industrialisation and manufacturing, all the way through to after sales service.
From conception to fully tested product, Sabertek’s engineering department provides clients with a wide range of product development expertise, including system engineering and consulting services. New product development is one of the key aims of the engineering department’s ambition to deliver new technology and adapt accordingly to the needs of the market. The development team consists of highly skilled engineers whose expertise includes hardware and software development of systems employing analog and digital technologies.
Hardware development capabilities include electronic schematic design, PCB layouts, digital hardware design, analog and power electronics design, hardware testing and qualification, and RF design, while software development covers embedded software and PC software development. Test jig design adds a final layer of polish to the manufacturing process.
Industrialisation is the function by which the design information is correctly transferred to the manufacturing facility. This ensures that data from the design engineers is transferred to the production floor and depending on the complexity of the product the following procedures may be implemented:
* Product readiness review.
* Process design and work instructions.
* Preproduction runs.
* Final field test of products.
* Third party testing and approvals eg, EMC, EMI, CE etc.
* Test jig design and qualification.
These services are especially helpful to clients doing the first production run for a new product.
Sabertek’s manufacturing department consists of high-speed pick-and-place lines with a combined placement rate of 100 000 components per hour. These modern lines can accommodate the latest component packages such as ball grid arrays (BGA) and 01005 components, with a placement accuracy of 30 microns. Leaded/unleaded wave and reflow soldering is accommodated with vision inspection on all equipment from paste printers to the final AOI.
All products are tested using a variety of modern measuring devices and automated test equipment. Mechanical assembly and product packaging is completed by experienced mechanical operators, while all products are serialised for quality purposes. Skilled assemblers can hand-solder conventional as well as SMD components, an important capability for prototyping services in particular.
As the last, but not least, step in the process, Sabertek’s after sales service includes distribution, packaging, warranty control, upgrades, refurbishment and technical support.
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