PCBA Lead Time

The process of PCBA production includes material procurement, PCB production, SMT patch processing, DIP plug-in processing, PCBA inspection and testing, usw. Therefore, the cycle of PCBA production, in addition to the production time, but also the time of material procurement. In the time cycle of PCBA production, the time of material procurement and PCB production is the longest.

1、Material procurement /PCB production

Components procurement and PCB production are carried out almost simultaneously. Generally speaking, PCB production time is longer than the material procurement time, but for some special materials or materials produced by the original factory, if there is no stock, we need to order, and the manufacturer will just arrange production after get our order. The procurement cycle will be relatively long, which will greatly increase the cycle of PCBA production, and the delivery time of materials is relatively unstable. In this case, we will use the material arrival time as the completion time of this process. The following is mainly about the time of PCB production.

If the material is relatively special, the manufacturer does not have inventory to order or the PCB process is more complex, the PCB delivery time will be longer.

2、SMT+Dip

The production time of SMT patches and DIP plug-ins is relatively short, Sample production time, the normal delivery time is about 4 Tage. Normal batch, normal delivery time is about 7 Tage.

3、PCBA Inspection and Test

Sample test, generally 2 Tage
Batch test, usually 4 Tage (The amount is not particularly large)
To sum up, the delivery time of an ordinary PCBA board is about 30 Tage.

In the actual PCBA production process, it will be affected by various factors. It depends on the difficulty of the process and whether the order quantity of the factory is full.