PCB manufacturer/assembler recommendation

[airman00]

Soldering a single Axon by hand is a ~4 hour process that requires special tools . . . I use manufacturing robots now

side note - admin who did you use to make your PCBs for the Axon prototypes?

[Admin]

I tried 3 different companies and don't recommend any of them. They all had either extremely poor customer service or low quality, two had both. My recommendation is stay away from Chinese and Indian manufacturers



ps - the other thread was hijacked so I split off your question into a new thread

[airman00]

So who do you use now ? I need only around one panel a month to be manufactured and am looking for some good/trustworthy candidates.

[Admin]

Well I'm using anyone right now. I did a large batch and that's it for the year. I'm currently in the market for finding a new company myself.

Note that I didn't just do PCB, but I also did assembly too: they soldered on all the SMD for me.

[airman00]

I'll solder on the SMD myself, just need a cheap PCB fabricators (that don't take 3 weeks like BatchPCB). Also need double-layer.
Well, when you find one, be sure to let me know! 

[Ro-Bot-X]

Try this one, I had my boards done by them.

http://www.pcbfabexpress.com/index.jsp

[Soeren]

Olimex!

[Admin]

Try this one, I had my boards done by them.

http://www.pcbfabexpress.com/index.jsp

I used pcbfabexpress and wasn't happy with their service. The guy answering emails gave me the impression he didn't want my business. They also seemed very confused about the BoM (bill of materials) specification.

The finished product was perfect, no problems.

Being a bit pricey, with bad emails, I decided to move on. They then called me and asked why. The guy on the phone insisted all other companies had lower quality than his company and he had the best prices . . . an interesting statement to make.

They were great for PCB, but not assembly.


edit: go here http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_parts_list_PCB.shtml

[TrickyNekro]

Olimex!

Have you tested them??? I'm from Greece and they seem to be at a very comfortable position!!!