On-site and Off-site services supporting customers manufacturing operations by providing technically skilled manpower and value-added services for product test interface units PCB repair, PM, repair and failure analysis.
ON-SITE
- Boards minor and major repairs, spare parts and database management, DUT board assembly and preventive maintenance monitoring.
- Central shop operation to support all production requirements using a centralized repair and maintenance shop for all test toolings.
- PCB Design and Development: multi-layered PCB designs.
OFF-SITE
- PCB Rework and modification: for both inner and outer layers, and PTH/SMT devices extraction and replacement
- PCB Design and Development: multi-layered PCB designs
- PCB Fabrication and Assembly: Multiple PCB sourcing and assembly for both auto SMT/PTH, custom manual assembly
- PCB Integration: for product integration and final assembly
PCB REWORK AND MODIFICATIONS
- Pads replacement
- A process of replacing the DUT, SMD and Land pads made of copper or gold by removing and/or reconstructing the old pads.
- 5-20 mils pitch via plug pads replacement on microBGA area
- 5-20 mils pitch via exposed microBGA area
- Land pads replacement
- PTH via plug pads replacement
- Raw Materials
- Copper Sheets
- Epoxy
- Pads replating
- A process of repairing the DUT and SMD area of the PCB to restore the pads conductivity.
- Raw Materials:
- Gold, Nickel and Copper Plating Solutions
- Degreaser and Polarizer
- SMD extraction & replacement
- Pythos is capable in extracting and replacing high pin count and microBGA SMD components using special rework equipment, fixtures and tools custom designed for such activity.
- Rework Equipment:
- PACE Thermoflo
- BGA / SMD Rework Equipment
- SMD Parts
- GRF 170, 180 Relays
- Mother Board / Microprocessor Sockets
- Chipsets
- Other ICs
- Internal and External Traces Rework
- SMD Relays Extraction and Replacement
- Chipsets Extraction and Replacement
- Micro SMD Touch-up
LOADBOARD REPAIR
- Loadboard Electrical Repair (Onsite)
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- Repair of active loadboards inside production floor using customer Test platforms and flying probe (where available)
- On-tester verification; off tester trouble shooting
- Tester platforms supported:
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- VLCT (Inhouse), iFlex,, LTX Fusion/Fusion EX, Eagle
- Flying Probe: Seica V8 Capability (Onsite)
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- Standard analog and digital in-circuit test (LCR)
- Vectorless tests (JSCAN and OPENFIX), to test ICs for opens and shorts
- Continuity test to detect open tracks on the PCB
- NODE signature analysis on the nets of the UUT
- PWMON net analysis for power on the boards
- Visual tests for component presence/absence and rotation (thru on board camera)
- Test program generation is done thru On Board Programming tools (need board CAD files)
- Loadboard Maintenance (Onsite)
- Periodic maintenance of active loadboards
- On shift setup of tester platform based on Production schedule
- Test Kit Repair and Maintenance
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- Repair of test kit as required
- Contactor cleaning and repair
- Repair of chucks and handler kits
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TEST TOOLING AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT WE SERVE
- Load boards / test Interface Boards
- Reliability Boards (HAST Boards, Burn-In Boards)
- PC Mother Boards
- Product Platform Validation Modules
- DUT Board Assembly
- Pogo Pins / Contactors Maintenance and Assembly
- Ionizers
- Commercial Boards
- Chiller Boards
- I/O Boards
- HV Laser marking board
- Voltage scanner
- Sensor Driver
- Continuous Ground Monitor
- Test Handler Mechanical Kits
- TSE (Multiplexer, Board Tester)
- Burn-In Ovens
- Value Added Services
- Engineering Support (evaluation and data collection)
- Board Failure Analysis
- Pogo Pin and Contactor Failure Analysis
- Continuous Process Improvement
- Database programming and other application specific software programs
- Web based tracking tool
