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Adam Electronics: A Value-Add Contract Manufacturing Partner
By Daniel Brice F
rom its beginnings as a box build specialist providing solutions for the automotive indus- try to a designer and manufacturer of PCB
assemblies, wire harness assemblies, and custom box builds, Adam Electronics’ mission is to add val- ue to its customers’ organizations, while contribut- ing to their successes. Located in Madison Heights, Michigan, the
company provides complete turnkey solutions from quick-turn, low-volume to high-volume produc- tion in its 10,000 ft2 (929m2) facility. Offering complete electronic contract manufacturing services since 1984, the company’s custom elec- tronic solutions have been used on a range of applications from development benches to auto- motive assembly lines. Founded in 1984, Adam Electronics man-
ages customers’ solutions from start to finish. The company coordinates fabrication of me- chanical components and software develop- ment, provides all electrical design and assem- bly of the end product and offers layout engi- neering services for electrical design, embedded software development and mechanical engi- neering demands.
Equipment and Capabilities While the company’s roots are in box build,
it has expanded its range of services over the past 35 years to cover other solutions, including PCB assembly. The company assembles PCBs with a mix of technologies, such as through-hole and surface mount, and places all package types, in- cluding ball grid arrays. As a low- to mid-volume,
Adam Electronics’ 10,000 ft2 production facility in Madison Heights, Michigan.
clean applications, and conformal coating services. Its SMT lines include FX-1R high-speed chip
shooters and KE-2070L flexible mounter systems from Juki Automation Systems and an AXC-800, a fast, accurate, X-ray component counting system
high-mix PCB assembler, the company can work with FR4, metal core and rigid flex. Its primary products include ECU, LED lighting and instru- mentation. Adam Electronics partners with leading com-
panies and technologies for its innovative equip- ment, which includes three SMT lines, two wave sol- der machines, two manual and two automated se- lective solder systems, DI wash, a jet printer for no-
from Scienscope. Davian Larente, president and CEO of Adam
Electronics, says that the company has run Juki on its lines since 1993. “Our original Juki machines are still running every day with little to no main- tenance required and very little technical support has been needed on any of the machines,” he says. Over the past 25 years, the company has pur- chased more than a dozen of Juki’s pick-and-place machines. “Juki has been a great partner for us over the years and has helped us grow and strengthen our reputation in the industry as a quality service provider.” Regarding the Scienscope system, Larente
says, “We can process a reel ten times faster than doing it manually. Also, we save on inven- tory costs, because before we start a job we have an exact number of components needed to com- plete a job. We put it in the ACX-800 machine at the end of a job so we have an accurate count for the next job. This prevents us from running out of components during a cycle and saves us from ordering more mid-cycle, while giving us an exact count for the next job. There is no more guessing over scrap factors, which allows us to run leaner inventories.”
Value-Added Services Adam Electronics also places importance
on its value-added services, which include design for manufacturing (DFM) reviews, flash program- ming of software, post-production assembly opera- tions, functional or burn-in testing, finished good
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MODEL 802 TABLE TOP HOT/COLD TEST HANDLER
• Optional-55°C to +155°C minimum working range.
• Handles all device types, 1.6mm x 1.6mm –60mm x 60mm.
• Near zero changeover kits. • Base price starts at under $31,500.
www.exatron.com 1-800-EXA-TRON 1-408-629-7600
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