Board Handling

When misprint rates climb, the printer gets blamed first and the stencil gets wiped harder. But most of the time, the apertures were already blocked before the board ever arrived.

Your wave solder pallets travel further on foot than any board travels on a conveyor. That distance is a headcount line item nobody has ever measured.

Placement holds tolerance, reflow holds profile — and then the panel gets snapped by hand. The cheapest station on the line is quietly the most expensive one.

Buyers compare printers, mounters and reflow ovens. The losses hide in the one metre of air between them — where an operator picks up a board and becomes the conveyor.