PRESS RELEASES
Press Release: March 2023
Aurora Il: Dr. Chris Kalmus, owner, and President of Aurora Circuits recently that his company has started the process to earn their IATF 16949-2016 Certification.
When making the announcement, Dr. Kalmus had this to say.
Press Release: Aurora Circuits Achieves AS 9100
Aurora Circuits announced today that Aurora Circuits has successfully achieved their ISO 2015 Registration.
Press Release: Aurora Circuits Achieves ISO 2015 Registration
Aurora Circuits announced today that Aurora Circuits has successfully achieved their ISO 2015 Registration.
Press Release: Aurora Circuits Acquires a state of the art 30µ AOI Machine
Aurora Circuits announced today that Aurora Circuits has purchased and installed a brand new, state of the art AOI Machine.
Press Release: Free PCBs for Ventilators
Aurora Circuits announced early today that Aurora Circuits will produce printed circuit boards for ventilator manufacturers at no cost to speed the manufacture of ventilators.
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FEATURED CIRCUIT BOARD STORY
US Car Manufacturer Sitting Pretty With 67% Cost Savings
By reengineering this auto manufacturer’s PCB, the cost dropped to 33% of the original amount, saving over $375,000.
In late 2015, Aurora received an opportunity to quote a LED vanity mirror for a major, fully electric car manufacturer circuit board. The initial design was a plated-through-hole version that was fairly sophisticated for the application. The Manufacturer also required a production commencement in 60 days to prevent a shutdown of the production line.
The engineering team at Aurora Circuits suggested, after reviewing the manufacturer’s original design, that a redesign to a single-sided board would drastically save turnaround time and expense when starting production. The original design would sell for $2.25 each and require two separate printed circuit boards per vehicle. This particular part was reengineered into a single-sided, common version for less than $0.90 each, thus saving $2.70 per vehicle. When applying this to the production volume, Aurora Circuits is saving the manufacturer over $375,000 on a model year basis.
Also, to prevent any production line start up issues, Aurora Circuits built a small quantity of the plated through hole version until the single-sided version was fully tested and in full production.
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