Crystal Group Custom Design and Development
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Crystal Group is staffed with a talented team of program managers, engineers and technicians that are able to design and develop computers, displays, storage elements, routers, switches, and transit case appliances for your exact needs. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified and employs a rigorous Quality Operating Procedure in development activities.
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Project Management
Our Systems Engineers work closely with our Business Development Managers to accurately capture your requirements and oversee your projects. We employ a system of reviews and check points to ensure the customer gets exactly what they want and need. These include systems requirements review (SRR), preliminary design review (PDR), critical design review (CDR), and production readiness reviews (PRR). Programs are managed in Microsoft Project and risk management techniques are employed to ensure optimal use of resources and decision making results. |
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Mechanical and Electrical Design
Our mechanical engineers and designers use AutoCad Inventor® to accurately model and develop designs in 3D. Using solid modeling allows the designers to create new structures, pull in existing components from previous designs, perform fit checks, and analyze tolerances quickly and effectively. These models are used extensively in the PDR phases of the program to communicate the design intent to the customer as well as the internal organizations of the company. Thermal analysis is done using in-house thermal imaging and chamber equipment or external contracting of Flotherm®.
Our electrical engineers and techs use Visio for block diagrams and Altium® for both schematic capture and board layout. Design reviews are required prior to ordering printed wiring boards and these reviews involve personnel from the SMD assembly technician to the VP of Operations to ensure a functional and producible circuit board design.
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Manufacturing:
All electrical assembly techniques conform to IPC-A-610. Crystal Group uses the following in-house production equipment to build and test circuit boards:
· Speedline MPM/SPM Solder Paste Screen Printer (Tin-lead or Lead Free)
· Two Phillips GEM Topaz Automated Chip Shooters
· Phillips GEM Emerald Automated Large BGA Machine with Mag Changer
· Heller Six Stage IR Reflow Oven
· Aqueous Technologies Board Washer
· NUERA JR Tech Devices Wave Solder
· ERSAScope BGA Optics
· Mancorp BGA Repair Iron
· Various Custom Test Equipment Units
Metal machining and inspection is completed on any one of six machines by trained personnel:
· DoALL Model C305 CNC Saw
· 30HP HAAS VR3, 10KRPM, 20 Tool Changer with Dual Pallet Changer
· 30HP HAAS VR4, 10KRPM 20 Tool Changer
· 30HP, Fadal Model 904, 10KRPM 21 Tool Changer
· 10HP, HAAS Model TM1, 4.8KRPM, 10 Tool Changer
· Brown and Sharp CMM
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These in-house capabilities ensure rapid and comprehensive custom development and testing for unique customer needs.