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willcarkner 2 hours ago

yes, what was the utilization like?

cryo32 an hour ago | parent [-]

20-40% capacity. Reserve available. Turnaround same day on a board (2 layer). Next day 4 layer. Two days exotic (rogers etc). Pick, place, soldered 2 days or delivered to lab immediately after panel cut.

If they had a fast production run in they could extend to 24 hours operation and triple base capacity.

They did a fair bit of TH though which was manually stuffed and wave soldered which could slow stuff down considerably.

willcarkner an hour ago | parent [-]

Very interesting, I'm wondering if that low-utilization rate justifies the capex of building a line.

cryo32 an hour ago | parent [-]

It's mostly for security reasons. Both supply chain and secrecy.