Hard gold finish – what you need to know
A hard gold finish is the ideal choice for PCBs that require long-lasting, high-wear connections & offers superior resistance to mechanical friction.
The importance of PCB packaging
Learn about how proper PCB packaging allows you to preserve the usability and performance of PCBs while waiting for the assembly processes.
How a resilient supply chain delivers Reliable PCBs
Reliability begins with a resilient supply chain. A product is only as reliable as the materials, processes, and people behind it.
PCB Fabrication Drawing
Fabrication notes, Drill Table, Scaled Drawing, Stackup Drawing and Array Drawing are all parts of a PCB fabrication drawing. But – what is a fabrication drawing – and why do you need it?
Manufacturing of PCBs for railway applications – four critical processes
When producing PCBs for railway applications it’s important to use the right parameters, equipment, and processes to ensure PCB reliability.
What is a PCB?
A PCB is built by non-conductive materials such as fiberglass or epoxy and has conductive pathways etched or printed onto its surface.
PCB Solder mask
Learn about the complexities of PCB solder mask and equip you with essential insights for your manufacturing endeavours.
The Evolving Landscape of Medical PCBs
Important things to know when constructing a medical PCB! In this guide, we’ll cover how to design medical PCBs, the latest medical PCB trends etc.
Increasing quality risks in the PCB supply chain – and how we work to mitigate them
As we considered the changing market conditions with factories being potentially overstocked, following declining capacity demand and facing shelf life issues – we saw a risk that substitutions for equivalent materials might be made by the factories.
Data Matrix and QR Codes for PCB Information and Traceability
Data Matrix codes offers high data density in a very small size, making them an ideal solution for marking PCBs where space might be limited.
PCBs for the defense industry
We have talked to some of our NCAB experts regarding what to think about when producing reliable PCBs for the defense industry.
PCBs for the Railway Industry – what you need to consider and know
When producing PCBs to the Railway Industry, there are certain requirements that need to be considered, fire and testing are key words to this. Learn more about it!
Buying PCBs with support from a local team – does it make a difference?
NCAB local customer teams support you when buying PCBs, and are also a link between you and you and our partner factories.
PCB designs with high-power applications – demands and considerations
High-power applications are those that require a lot of power to operate. This is usually because they are used in devices that need to be able to run for a long time without being plugged in.
How an advanced product specification leads to reliable PCBs
Our PCB specification includes over a 100 different requirements or criteria, all of which must be met in the manufacture of PCBs for our customers – all to make reliable PCBs.
New energy vehicles vs. traditional – what is the difference in relation to PCBs?
The automotive industry is undergoing a revolutionary change. The electronic part in the new energy vehicle is more involved and advanced, and with this in mind, the demands on the PCBs will increase in various ways.
Semi-Flex PCBs vs. Flex PCBs
When choosing PCBs that can bend into place, electrical engineers have a choice between using flex and semi-flex PCBs. Following is a basic overview of how these two types of PCBs differ and their uses in modern electrical devices.
How to get the optimum out of a PCB factory – 7 important tips from our Factory Management
Learn all about what to think about to get the optimum out of a PCB factory.
Via Hole Design – a cautionary tale
Imagine you are a start-up company. You spent a year designing a product from start to finish. You have built the prototypes; there were some snags along the way but ultimately, the end product is perfect. You’re finally ready for volume production. Once you use multiple suppliers pricing out your bare board, you discover there’s […]
NCAB and the Sustainable Development Goals
Through our sustainability work, and with our stakeholders, we are working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with our main contribution being to 9 out of the 17 goals. The Global Goals document, and its targets, will serve as an important guide in our work to further build our sustainability strategy and thus develop […]
PCB Button Plating – what is it, when and why is it needed?
First let’s discuss the basics when it comes to a typical rigid PCB. During the production process with a rigid PCB, we would image and etch our inner layer cores, laminate them together, drill and plate with Electro Deposited copper (ED copper), and then move on to pattern plating. So you have copper foil […]
Our technical team – always ready to support you
Jeffrey Beauchamp – Technical / Engineering Manager at NCAB Group USA Jeffrey has been with NCAB since 2003. What are your responsibilities as Technical / Engineering Manager?I am responsible for supporting our customers with technical guidance, mentoring and assisting our team of technicians across North America and qualifying and maintaining our Domestic supplier base. What […]
Soft cost drivers in PCB production
Soft cost drivers – an important factor That reason is whether your role is managerial, commercial or technical there is a good chance that you have an interest in ensuring that the printed circuit boards you are purchasing, designing or assembling are as efficient as they can be in terms of achieving what we […]
Factory Management – our key to maximizing factory performance
Our Factory Management team have daily contact with the factories and our quality engineers are directly responsible for the factories’ performance, as well as for building relationships and working proactively with them to achieve improvements.
Why your standard PCB fabrication notes needs updating
I’ve noticed that our clients are understanding more and more that PCBs are the key component, but still have challenges communicating to their PCB suppliers what they want to build. When we receive Gerber files for an order there are times we cringe because we’re missing pieces of information necessary to make sure the PCB […]
The 5G networks are here – what effect will this have on society, businesses and the PCB industry?
The transition to the new generation of mobile communications, 5G, has already begun in Asia and the United States. We take a closer look at 5G in general and what the effect it will have on the PCB industry in particular.
Qualities of medically applied PCBs
PCBs in medical applications In this blog post we will discuss the details of PCBs used in medical applications, highlighting some of the differences in terms of demands and how the design must be handled. We have seen electronics become increasingly significant in the medical field. Advancements in medical technology have provided dramatically improved diagnostics […]
How do we verify conformance?
NCAB Group has implemented what we see as market leading certificate of compliance. Learn more about it here.
How to create a learning organization
Have you ever had a question at a meeting, but you look around the room and none of your colleagues seem to be asking it – maybe you’re supposed to know? So you don’t ask the question and think that you will figure it out later. What happens now, is that we rob ourselves and […]
The world is running faster, or is it really?
We know for sure that information is travelling faster, and thanks to this, the world has become a little smaller. We can communicate with all different parts of the world in real-time and we can send goods pretty quick between regions. But looking in a longer perspective – is it really that much faster today, […]