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Flying probe tester simplifies setup for CEM

Probably the only small to medium sized contract manufacturer with this type of facility, says MD.

Custom Interconnect Limited (CIL), the Whitchurch based design and contract manufacturing specialist, has installed a Takaya flying probe tester at its Whitchurch headquarters. This will enable CIL to implement full PCB test facilities without having to build expensive 'bed of nails' test fixtures.

The TAKAYA APT8400, supplied by Tom Neale of Test Line, has highly flexible software and this means that the creation of test data is all that is required to set up a full test programme. This dramatically reduces set up time and running costs making it ideal for production runs of all sizes.

John Boston, managing director of CIL said: "There are only 15 flying board testers of this type in the country and we are probably the only small to medium sized contract manufacturer with this type of facility. The advantage to our customers is considerable. It costs between £10,000 and £25,000 to set up a 'bed of nails' or 'pin board' test fixture and this is normally only practical for large production quantities.

We can now offer full test facilities for small production runs and prototype quantities and this is extremely valuable in today's market where product design is more volatile and board life is much shorter than before."

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