Manufacturing.

Electronics.

Electronics assembly and manufacturing

Winter and Smith have been manufacturing electronics equipment for over 50 years and specialise in low to medium volume manufacture for a large variety of customers.

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Full box build solutions

We do everything, and supply a product ready for shipment to the end customer.

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Assembly only

Clients supply the parts, and we assemble the product using them.

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Circuit board assembly

We build and test boards, and ship them to our clients to fit inside equipment they are building.

Our manufacturing services

Our manufacturing services can be tailored to uniquely suit your requirements:

Many customers also take advantage of our custom test jig design service, where we can design a bespoke piece of equipment that tests all of the features of their hardware. Some of these are also linked to custom PC software, to automate and log the testing process (One system even incorporates a label printer, to print the test results for each product tested).

We have also come across a fair share of messy wiring issues. With our in-house PCB design and manufacturing facilities, we can turn your mess of wires into a neat interconnection solution.

We have fully RoHS compliant manufacturing facilities, and are capable of both Surface Mount (SMT), Through Hole assembly and complete product builds.

 

The manufacturing journey

bare PCBs
Order & procurement
Once an order is placed, we source all required components and bare PCBs.
Solder paste application
Lead-free solder paste is applied using a laser-cut mask, similar to screen printing.
Surface mount assembly
Components are placed using Neodem K1830...
Surface Mount
... and a TWS Quadra DVC.
SMT
Manual SMT placement
Non-standard or non-reeled parts are manually positioned using a Fritsch SMD vacuum pick-and-place machine.
Inspecting PCB
Inspection & adjustment
Boards are double checked with an Icon HD inspection camera to correct alignment issues before soldering.
PCB Oven
Reflow soldering
Boards go through a TWS850 reflow oven, following a controlled heat cycle to solder surface mount components.
Through Hole
Through-hole assembly
Connectors and other through-hole components are manually soldered using assembly jigs.
final checks
Final inspection & testing
A last quality check ensures boards meet standards before moving to testing.

Manufacturing facilities

  • Neoden K1830 fully automatic pick and place machine
  • TWS Quadra DVC, camera controlled fully automatic pick and place machine
  • Fritsch manual SMT assembly machine
  • Two TWS Reflow ovens
  • Fritsch solder paste application table
  • 4 off TCS/4 manual through hole assembly jigs
  • Ersa HR1000A SMD rework station
  • High magnification board inspection camera system
  • Full electronics test facilities
  • Full prototype test jig manufacturing facilities. (Including the development of Rigs that interface with PC software)