A fast-growing leader in AI-on-edge device design and manufacturing, the customer is focused on next-generation electronics for industries including medical, industrial automation and entertainment.
“We are prototyping new designs every week. To keep up, we needed to own the full production process, and that means bringing SMT in-house,” commented Brian Beyer, the company‘s CEO and founder. He added: “Europlacer’s equipment gave us everything we needed: ease of use, flexibility, and the ability to hit the quality standards our customers demand.”
Brad Kendall of Quality Associates was involved in designing the SMT line, tailoring it to the low-volume, high-mix environment. From loader to unloader, Europlacer’s platform enabled optimal integration, rapid changeover, and robust performance.
According to Cameron Baldwin, co-founder and SMT Production and Process Engineer, the intuitive user interface has its advantages. “We have trained multiple technicians from scratch and had them running live production within a week. That kind of onboarding speed just doesn’t happen with most SMT systems,” Baldwin said.
Bringing SMT in-house allowed the company to dramatically shorten design-to-build timelines and reduce reliance on external quick-turn suppliers, all while improving product consistency and control.
