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Accelerated Assemblies and MIRTEC Build Quality on Trust
By Michael Skinner, Editor
to one thing: delivering quality products cus- tomers can trust. That philosophy has guided Accelerated Assemblies since the company was founded about 20 years ago to support companies that needed quick-turn, low-vol- ume prototypes. “At the time, most contract manu-
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facturers were focused on larger cus- tomers,” Steelglove says. “The smaller guys didn’t have a lot of options. We wanted to be the company that could grow with them.” Today, that same mindset still
drives the business. It is also one of the reasons long-term partnerships have played such an important role in the company’s growth. One of those key partnerships is with MIRTEC.
From Manual Inspection to Automation
Steelglove has spent his entire ca-
reer in electronics manufacturing, starting on the production floor at just 16 years old. He has seen firsthand how the industry has evolved, and how ex- pectations for quality have increased. “In the early days, we had 20 or 30 people on a line doing inspection,” he
or Brian Steelglove, owner of Accelerat- ed Assemblies, success in electronics manufacturing has always come down
says. “It was basically a ‘find the white ele- phant’ scenario. You’re relying on people to catch everything, and over time, people get tired, they miss things.” As boards became smaller and more
complex, that approach became less sustain- able. “You might be able to assemble a circuit board without automation,” Steelglove says, “but you couldn’t realistically inspect it any-
more with the human eye when components are the size of a grain of sand. You just can’t rely on manual inspection like you used to.” That shift made automated inspection a
critical investment for Accelerated Assem- blies. For Steelglove, MIRTEC was the clear choice.
Long Relationship Steelglove’s relationship with
MIRTEC spans more than two decades, long before he founded Accelerated As- semblies. “I’ve been rolling with MIRTEC for
about 25 years, even before I had my own business,” he says. “Back then and still today, I felt like they were the lead- ers in technology.” But the decision was not based on
technology alone. “Yes, we looked at other systems, of course we did,” Steel- glove says. “But what kept bringing me back to MIRTEC was the relationship. Good people matter. In this industry, that counts for a lot.” That combination of trusted rela-
Brian Steelglove, owner, Accelerated Assemblies.
tionships and strong technology made MIRTEC a natural fit as Accelerated Assemblies scaled its operations. To- day, the company has fully integrated four MIRTEC AOI systems into its pro- Continued on next page
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