Hoe belangrijk is tooling voor de productie van pcb's??

I received the price breakdown of PCB quotation from my suppliers. The tooling fee is not so pretty. What is this process and can we skip it to save the cost?

september 19, 2023

Tooling is de sleutel voor het programmeren van CNC-productie.

IN-PCB (kaal bord) vervaardiging inclusief het maken van de fotomaskers voor de gedrukte lagen, maskers, programmeren van de boorbewegingen en bitwisselingen.

Eigenlijk, all the processes of NRE tooling are done once no matter how many boards are to be made. Small orders with below 5 boards tooling costs $1000s of dollars that is up to 50% of the whole order, while the tooling fee of order with large amount(100ps, 1000ps or 10,000ps or more) is cost-effective for each piece.

No matter how much is your order, the tooling is indispensable. It can’t be made economically without it.

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Olivier Smit

Oliver is een ervaren elektronica-ingenieur met kennis van PCB-ontwerp, analoge circuits, ingebedde systemen, en prototyping. Zijn diepgaande kennis omvat schematisch vastleggen, firmware-codering, simulatie, indeling, testen, en probleemoplossing. Oliver blinkt uit in het omzetten van projecten van concept naar massaproductie met behulp van zijn elektrische ontwerptalenten en mechanische vaardigheden.

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