Top cost-effective PCB Assembly service in China

PCBWAVE is issued with ISO certification for PCB assembly（ISO certification for PCB assembly)

Many makers have experienced that worried about assembling the new PCBA board, or bothering in finding a reliable collaborator in the prototyping or small batch of production. If you do, maybe you can have a try of pcbwave PCBA service, which supply professional and reliable PCB assembly service for you.

With this service, you do not need to suffer from soldering these very tiny pins of IC any more, especially SMT, BGA, etc. Besides, pcbwave provides some other service includes Fusion PCB, Components Sourcing, System testing, etc. You can get all the service that you need in your designing& manufacture, now all in pcbwave .

1. How pcbwave PCBA Works, and What files needed for Quotaton& Production

For every customer, you will have a specific project manager at pcbwave . Send the following files to email service@pcbwave.com for quotation:

1. PCB Gerber files;
2. BOM of your project;
3. Quantity and PCB spec;
4. Parts mapping for soldering with parts machine, or a simple mapping for hand soldering;
5. Your specific requirements, or some reminds to avoid mistakes;
6. Your shipping address and shipping method you want , HK DHL/Shenzhen DHL/FedEx/register air mail supported;

If you need pcbwave PCB Assembly service, please kindly reach service@pcbwave.com..

After receiving your files, we will prepare you a detail quotation. The quotation will consist of the following item:

1. PCB fabrication is for the PCB cost, pcbwave will make the quotation based on the PCB layer, dimension, pads finish, and your other requirements. Besides, a stencil is needed for SMD soldering. The stencil is used for the soldering of SMD components. It will be kept in our company for three months. It won't be shipped with the assembled boards without extra requirement.
2. PCB Assembly is the for the solder cost. pcbwave will charge the soldering fee based on the quantity of pads, with discounts depend on the quantity and soldering difficulty;
3. Engineer Start fee is for the engineer start, will be $10-$100 for each project.
4. Component Sourcing fee needs $0-$50 for each project, this sourcing fee will return if bulk order(quantity more than 100pcs) placed.
5. Components fee is the fee of components that pcbwave provided. pcbwave can provide & source most of the main components& modules. Customers can check the detailed components quotation in the “parts” sheet of quotation file.
6. Shipping: pcbwave provide most of the popular shipping service such as HK DHL/Direct DHL/ FedEx/Registered Air Mail. Please leave us your shipping address for the shipping quotation. Note that the 300$ free shipping policy do not apply to the PCBA service.

pcbwave will reply your quotation request in 24 HOURS. If you have any questions or suggestions on the quotation, please free to contact us. After getting your confirmation and payment for the project, pcbwave will begin the PCB fabrication and meanwhile begin the preparing of components. The lead time would be 7~12 days for the production lead time. The whole procedure would be:

2. PCB& Stencil

Besides the Gerber files, pcbwave project manager will check the files and you required specifications for the quoting. The default specification would be 1.6mm thickness/hasl/green. You can also read the pcbwave PCB Specification for reference. Please check this as your received the quotation and notify us if you need to alter the specification.

A stencil is used for the SMD components soldering. With the stencil, the SMD components would be easy to solder; if you do not need a stencil, we will solder all the components by hand.

3. Components

pcbwave can provide& source most of the popular used components or modules .users can send your BOM with part numbers and quantity to us, we will check every components and quote for them. Besides, pcbwave provide the pcbwave Part Library , which are stocked at pcbwave warehouse, customer can use these components, with lower price and ensured quality.

Some notes about the components:

1. For the components in user’s BOM, pcbwave may use substitute brands for the resistors /capacitors/connectors and some other common used components. These components are tested and popular used in Shenzhen market, they may reduce your cost largely. We will remarks this in the quotation:original brand or substitute brands. If you have special requirements on this, please let us know.
2. For the components we can’t source or if you can get them with lower price, you can also send us the components partly or all. If you sending them from other country than China, please note the Shipping Tips.
3. Depend on the sourcing difficulty, pcbwave may charge you some sourcing fee.

4. PCBA Assembly

pcbwave provides high quality assembly service. We can solder the most common used package such as 0201/0402/0603/QFP/QFN/BGA/THT. We do not have any minimum quantity limitations. You can make the very first 1 pcs prototyping PCBA, or make thousands for your mass production.

As the customer requirements, we can solder the PCBA with hand or with reflow oven. For quantity>50 pcs, we will use the pick-and-place machine to place the components. Besides, lead free soldering available for the ROHS compatible. Part mapping file maybe needed for the components placement with pick-and-place machine.

As the cost, the soldering cost will depend on the quantity of Pads, 0.03$ for SMD Pads(with stencil) and 0.04$ for THT pads, with discounts based on the quantity; for prototyping round less than 20 pcs, 5$ will be added for each design.

5. Engineer& Test

pcbwave provide basic testing for the PCBA. pcbwave will make visual inspection after the PCBAs completed. We would be glad to help on functional testing, users should provide detailed guidance and related tools for the test.

6. Lead Time

pcbwave provides the PCBA service speedy. The PCB will be completed in 3~5 days after your order confirmed, in the meanwhile, we will prepare the components. But note that if there are some components in your BOM that not popular used, we may need to import them aboard, it will cost 7~12 days. After the component ready, the soldering and testing will be completed in 1 week. With our fast logistic service, the shipping time could be 1~2 days for Japan and normal American, and 2~3 days for Europe.

7. Payment

pcbwave accept payment with Paypal/Credit Card. For payment more than $1,000, we also accept the wire transfer payment.

8. Package and Security

pcbwave package your products as your requirements. We will ship the PCBA with high quality packaging, to avoid damage in the shipping. We can package your project with ESD bags/ Bubble bags or personal requirements such as labels with your logo.

pcbwave promises not to disclose any of your design files, your related designs are safe in pcbwave. pcbwave can also assign NDA with customers to ensure the safety or your design.

pcbwave is fexible in PCB assembly service, we help makers and electronic engineers produce as small as one pieces boards. And we can also work with startups, kickstarter hardware projects, and large enterprises to manufacture high standard and big batch orders.
Here is a tour video about our plant which manufacture batch and extremely high quality boards.

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