Tate operates surface mount assembly lines utilizing Amistar's advanced pick and place assembly machines. We are proud of our track record for producing high quality boards with great efficiency. Tate typically handles 30-40 different jobs on any given day and often with production equaling thousands of boards each week. Each job's progress is closely supervised and carefully managed by our experienced production management team.

Here at Tate, Turnkey really does mean from start to finish and every stage in-between. No matter where you are in your products production cycle, from prototype through final ready to run, Tate is ready to help. Long after shipping, Tate offers experienced staff to take care of your rework/repair needs. At Tate, we really do believe our clients are our partners; we will do everything we can to help our customers succeed and continually improve their products.

When your production needs grow, Tate can take the lead in helping you find and transition to high volume off-shore manufacturers. Tate maintains working relationships with several off-shore facilities in the Far East, Mexico and the United States.

At Tate, we start going to work for you right from the first contact.

SMT Assembly Overview:
• Offline set-up before run
• Ball Grid (BGA) array and uBGA
• Auto I/C and axial component install
  (prefer <12 BGA parts/run)
• Rapid ECO Implementation
• Fine-pitch .015 (.4mm)
• 0402 Component Placement
• Quad adhesive dispenser
• Reflow oven
• Dual Wave Soldering
• Testing
  • Signature Analysis
  • Custom Functional
    (Client provided testing equipment)
• Multi-card assembly
• Full Rework/Repair Depot