Production

Our facilities are 100% dedicated to Contract Manufacturing and are geared for the most flexible response. This is particularly useful at the front-end of new projects when the problems are most complex. We continually invest in people and processes in order to give appropriate levels of automation and quality.

Using lean manufacturing and JIT principles where appropriate, many of our assemblies are built in dedicated cells to give the greatest flexibility but we also operate batch processes which are supported by our factory-wide ERP system.

We have an established reputation for assisting customers with design and manufacture of assemblies and equipment where there is complexity in meeting their requirements and where product volumes may be modest and unpredictable.

We are now in a position to also support larger volume manufacture ourselves by managing production in both St Ives and in a modern South African plant to meet customer requirements.

We offer

• Automatic surface mount component assembly with on-the-fly component verification (0402, fine pitch placement to 12thou, BGA and microBGA capability)
  
• Manual through hole component assembly with flow and hand soldering
  
• Rapid prototyping and rework facilities
  
• Electromechanical Assembly
  
• Cable & Harness Wiring
  
• Tin-lead and lead-free manufacturing
  
• Box-build and system integration
  
• Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI)
  
• Inspection to IPC 610 Class 3
  
• Production lead times from 24hrs

Achieved using

• Customer focused batch or cell build
  
• Flexible capacity management
  
• Lean manufacture/Kanban/JIT

Prototypes

The prototype build stage is often characterised by urgency, limited documentation and designs which are unproven. Significant engineering and materials management support are necessary and available in order to guarantee the best outcome.

Typically 80% of a product’s manufactured cost is set by choices made by the designer, who may be under considerable time pressure and focused on the immediacy of creating a working prototype. Prism offer valuable support that enables designers to make more informed decisions that ultimately affect the total lifetime cost of a product.

Customer engineering data is reviewed for component availability, process suitability and manufacturability prior to use. This ensures that delivery dates and costs are accurately and professionally assessed prior to quotation and that any improvements, errors and omissions within the data can be addressed.

Prism integrate all information received or generated within our purchasing and engineering systems in order to establish a reference point for consistent manufacture and change control.

Prism’s flexible capacity management and automatic placement and inspection machines allow us to rapidly assemble prototypes using ongoing production processes. This approach ensures rapidly repeatable results and a smooth and cost effective transition into full manufacture.