PCB Assembly Contract Manufacturer Terms & Conditions

Plan your printed circuit board manufacturing and assembly orders by reading this terms and conditions document. Once you have read the information on this page, you can request an Instant Online PCB Quote for your order. Our team is enthused and ready to help you receive the highest quality printed circuit boards.

Having an experienced third party contract PCB Manufacturing service is a source of major competitive advantage. While electronics manufacturers may have the ability to design boards and the skills to assemble the final product, they typically do that have the experience to manufacture boards. For them to get into board manufacturing would mean trying to reinvent the wheel. A contract PCB manufacturing service, on the other hand has a huge body of industry knowledge that you can benefit from. Besides some of the other advantages you can reap involve reduced overhead costs as well as the ability to focus on your core competencies.

Before we get into the details of the numerous advantages offered by contract PCB manufacturing, it will be worthwhile to get into some details of what third party contract manufacturing actually entails.

Contract PCB Assembly and PCB Contract Manufacturing Quality

For an electronics manufacturer, the quality of the boards is paramount as it impacts the quality of their final products as also their company reputation. With a PCB contract manufacturer, experienced engineers focus on the manufacturability of each design. Also, PCB contract manufacturers have a host of industry certifications and quality standards to live up to. All of this ensures that the quality of boards that you get live up to the latest industry standards.

PCB Contract Manufacturing Quotation 

  1. Quotes are only valid for 30 days and exclude other taxes or duties. After 30 days Hemeixinpcb has the option of updating this quote.
  2. Production times are for full days in production and do not include shipping time and Technical (Engineer) questions time.
  3. 25% of total PCBs will be allowed “X” outs for arrayed boards.
  4. Data for quick-turn orders received by 9am China time will be processed same day. For all other orders, the following business day will be considered “day one” of manufacturing lead time.
  5. Lead time begins upon receipt of PO, complete Gerber files, and approval of files if required. Delay in receipt of complete data, or changes to data may impact scheduled ship date.
  6. HemeixinPCB shall have the right in respect of any uncompleted portion of the Contract to adjust its prices for any increase in the price of materials, parts, labour, transport, changes in work or delivery schedules or quantities or any other costs of any other kind arising for any reason after the date of the Contract.
  7. Price changes shall take effect on the date of service on the Customer of notice of the change.

Privacy Policy (non-disclosure agreement)

At HemeixinPCB we recognize that privacy is of utmost importance, and we do not sell or rent individual personal information to any third party. Information and data sent to us for the processing of orders may be shared with a manufacturing partner for quote or fabrication. But in all cases, we require that manufacturing partners comply with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures such as NDA(non-disclosure agreement), etc

PCB Contract Manufacturing Payment 

  1. Payment to HemeixinPCB’s bank account must be made without deductions or other fees. For transfers from abroad, it is the customer’s responsibility to ensure that the billing amount is not reduced by transfer or any other fees.
  2. All invoices are payable without discount of any kind in US dollars or Euro in 10 days of the date of the Company’s invoice and in no circumstances shall the Customer be entitled to make any deduction or set-off or withhold payment for any reason at all.
  3. Without prejudice to any other rights of the Company if the Customer fails to pay the invoice price by the due date the Customer shall pay interest on any overdue amount from the date on which payment was due to that on which it is made (whether before or after judgment) on a daily basis at a rate of 10 % p.a. over the base rate from time to time quoted by the China Bank and reimburse to the Company all costs and expenses (including legal costs) incurred in the collection of any overdue amount.

Contract PCB Assembly Cancellation 

Orders for Goods will be charged in full unless written notice of cancellation is received not later than 1 week before the expected delivery date quoted in the Company’s order acknowledgment and manufacture of them has not commenced at the date of that notice.

Claims

  1. Any claim that any Goods have been delivered damaged, are not of the correct quantity or do not comply with their description shall be notified by the Customer to the Company in 7 days of their delivery.
  2. Any alleged defect shall be notified by the Customer to the Company in 7 days of the delivery of the Goods or in the case of any defect which is not reasonably apparent on inspection in 7 days of the defect coming to the Customer’s attention and in any event in 3 months of the delivery of the Goods.

PCB Contract Manufacturing Electrical Testing 

Hemeixinpcb performs 100% electrical testing on all bare PCBs produced at its facilities as per IPC-9252 specifications. We either use the Bed of Nails Fixture method or the Flying Probe method to perform the testing in our circuit board manufacturing process.

PCB Contract Manufacturing Warranty Period 

Hemeixinpcb warrants its bare boards against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of 90 days from date of shipment (“Warranty Period”). If a defect arises and a valid claim is received within the warranty period, Hemeixinpcb will, at its option and to the extent permitted by law, for any bare boards that are returned and confirmed by Hemeixinpcb to be non-conforming to the order specifications and/or the applicable quality and acceptability standards, either

  1. Replace the bare board at no charge.
  2. Issue a credit equal to the original purchase price of the bare board. When a product is exchanged, any replacement item becomes the customer’s property and the replaced item becomes HemeixinPCB’ property. When a refund is given, the product for which the refund is provided must be returned to HemeixinPCB and becomes HemeixinPCB’s property. HemeixinPCB will not accept liability for any cost in addition to the value of the bare boards including but not limited to components, labor, business interruptions, and any other consequential damages or losses. HemeixinPCB disclaims any open-ended acceptance of liability for losses beyond the control of HemeixinPCB. If HemeixinPCB assembled the PCB then we will include the cost of any components HemeixinPCB supplied and all labor that HemeixinPCB supplied with regard to replacing the assemblies or issuing a credit. All other limitations will still apply.

PCB Contract Manufacturing Law and Jurisdiction

The Contract shall be governed by China Law and the Customer consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the China courts in all matters regarding it except to the extent that the Company invokes the jurisdiction of the courts of any other country.

Why Opt for a Contract PCB Manufacturer?

There are many advantages of hiring a contract manufacturer for your circuit board assembly projects. Listed- below are a few important ones. So, let’s have a look at them.

  • Accuracy and Production Speed: High product quality and minimum lead time are two important requisites to succeed in making a PCB assembly. With the advancement of technologies and facilities, experienced, trusted, and knowledgeable contract circuit board manufacturing companies assure both shortened lead time and high quality. To avoid further malfunctioning, the circuit boards are tested in real environments under the guidance of experts.
  • Minimum Designing Time: The circuit board designing time can be a big concern for many electronic component manufacturers. This is because the PCB assembly and fabrication process require time depending upon the complexity, layers, number of components, and other factors. However, a contract manufacturer will overcome such issues and some other design difficulties as they have the required experience and expertise.
  • One-Stop-Shop for Circuit Board Manufacturing: This is one of the important benefits of employing a contract PCB manufacturer. Highly experienced companies will offer end-to-end solutions for all your PCB manufacturing needs, right from the ideation stage to installation and beyond. This means you don’t need to contact different companies for assembling different components. They are responsible for handling everything ranging from the circuit board designing to the final production process. They also guarantee supply chain logistics, which is a major issue for several electronic parts manufacturers out there.
  • Low Operational Costs and Improved Production: For startups or small electronic firms it is a big deal to make such a huge capital investment. Therefore, partnering with contract manufacturers helps keep their operating expenses low. They can also be assured of improved time to market and increased volumes.
  • Quick Component Sourcing: Many small electronic manufacturers are worried about the overall costs associated with components and parts used in PCB assembly.

Contract PCB manufacturing helps them in several ways. Initially, they will review the circuit board design and assist compact and value-efficient designs that suit their application needs. Also, most of these manufacturers can source the right component from their supply chain network easily.

Reduces Costly Rework: The PCB design needs to be flawless and if there are any changes or errors they need to be fixed in the early stages. Contract manufacturers use thorough inspection and testing techniques at every stage of the PCB manufacturing process. These may include a combination of manual and automated testing techniques. Early testing and fixing bugs reduces costly replacement work and waste of production time.


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