Engineering support services for the global PCB industry.
PCBplanet is a knowledge-based engineering company dedicated to providing world-class engineering support services to the global PCB industry.  By using our engineering know-how to handle routine, non-added value tasks we allow PCB designers, fabricators and EMS providers to focus on their core competencies.  PCB Planet provides the tools they need to achieve a faster, more efficient and more cost-effective PCB manufacturing cycle.

1.  More intense competition means more RFQs.  If you don’t get the order you have wasted valuable engineering resources.
PCB Planet has a pool of experienced engineers available 24 X 7 X 52 so your own engineers can concentrate on higher added-value tasks.

2.  Tighter margins mean that costings must be more precise but your customers demand a faster response to RFQs. 
PCB Planet can provide a full BOM analysis and verification service.  We can interface with your preferred component suppliers to provide the pricing information you need for a precise quotation.

3.  Tight margins and fast deliveries mean that production issues must be sorted upfront.
PCB Planet’s component verification service checks every aspect of the manufacturability of the design.  You get no surprises at the production stage.  Fast feedback to your customers enhances your supplier profile.

4.  Shorter production runs mean more tooling for assembly equipment.
PCB Planet’s engineers work closely with your in-house production staff to deliver verified tooling for pick and place and printing machines to your precise speciation.

PCB Planet’s engineering support services bring wider enterprise benefits:

• More reliable deliveries
  When demand peaks threaten delivery schedules PCB Planet’s support services deliver extra capacity as you need it.  Our services are available 24 X 7 X 52.

• Lower costs.
  PCBplanet’s offshore operation and economies of scale can halve your data preparation costs.  Eliminate capital investment as well as operating, training and management costs to free resources for other areas of business growth.

• Enhanced enterprise skills base.
  Offloading low added-value tasks to PCB Planet allows you to refocus your in-house knowledge base onto your core competencies.

• Reduced enterprise risk.
  PCBplanet outsourcing eliminates the risk of lost capacity due to sickness, holidays or key staff leaving.

Engineering support services for EMS providers

• RFQ data preparation
  
  • BOM analysis
    
    • Input BOM in any format
      
    • Verify it against the PCB data
      
    • Link it to your preferred suppliers’ pricing matrices
      
    • Output in your preferred format
      
  • Pre-assembly analysis
    
    • Check PCB footprints against the components to be used.
      
    • Report on missing components
      
    • Verify component spacing
      
    • Detect possible solder shorts
      
    • Verify solder paste data against components and your assembly requirements
      
    • Verify fiducials against your machine requirements
      
• Prepare programs for assembly equipment
  
  • Pick & Place machine
    
  • Solder-paste printers