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[H1] Clarydon Electronic Services: PCB Manufacturer & Assembly Company
Welcome to Clarydon Electronic Services Limited, home of One-Stop PCB Solutions.
Clarydon is a leading supplier of printed circuit boards (PCB), printed wiring board (PWB) and contract electronics manufacturer (CEM). We offer subcontract PCB assembly, as well as a range of associated PCB Services.
Based in the West Midlands region of the UK. Clarydon is ideally placed for helping our clients with reliable, cost effective and innovative solutions across the spectrum of PCB and Assembly services.
For 20 years Clarydon has worked at the forefront of the electronics industry. We offer state of the art solutions to the many challenges and technical advances within our industry. We take great pride in being able offer meet and exceed your expectations on Quality, Technology, Service and Costs.
[H2] PCB Manufacturing Services
Our wide range of PCB manufacturing services and knowledge and expertise in Printed Circuit Board fabrication (PCB) allows us to offer any requirement throughout the technology and volume range. Single sided to 24 Layer Multi-layer / Controlled Impedance / Metal Backed PCB’s (IMS) for High Power LED Applications. Flexible / Flex Rigid PCB’s / RF / Microwave Circuits / High Temperature Circuits. Our extensive Production facilities are both UK based for smaller and medium volume projects with turnaround times from 8 hours available, and also extensively in China for world class pricing for high volume projects.
[H2] PCB Assembly Services
As a contract PCB Assembly supplier, Clarydon’s sister company Kasdon Electronics offer assembly of Surface Mount (SMT) and Through Hole Technology PCB. With a large and flexible array of automated equipment we offer assembly services to a wide range of industries such as Automotive, Aerospace, Defence, Stock Control, LED & Safety Lighting, Oil / Gas exploration, Industrial Sensors & Controls, Scientific instruments and Government Departments and Organisations. We can offer Assembly from your Free Issue components or a fully kitted service. Final Box Build at Kasdon is also part of our range.
All Clarydon product is ISO9001 Approved and PCB all carry Underwriters Laboratory (UL Approval).
We hope you find the site helpful and informative and would welcome your comments, feedback or sales enquiries. Please use the Enquiry Page / or Contact Us Links. Please feel free to email, phone or Skype to make contact with our sales or technical team.

[H4] Latest News

[H2] National Electronics Week 12th – 14th April
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[H4] Case Studies

[H2] FREE Tooling
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Will the products I receive be manufactured to any approved standards?Each of our manufacturing facilities holds as a minimum ISO 9001:2008. All PCB’s are manufactured through UL Approved process and any products can be released to UL upon request. In addition we hold and can release product to a host of further approvals. Please contact us for further information.
How long does it take to get a quote?In almost all circumstances we will quote within one day of receiving the enquiry, and usually we would expect to reply within 4 hours.

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[H1] Flexible & Flex-Rigid PCB
[H2] Flexible Printed Circuits
Flexible printed circuits can offer a great solution to connection between rigid PCBs with a reliable and repeatable product. They have so many applications it would be impossible to list them all here. They offer a third dimension to connect between rigid boards or to interface between a board and a remote device, for example a sensor or a speaker microphone as in a mobile phone. They offer a lightweight solution, about half the weight of a rigid or a cable harness, to interconnections.
They are robust and can be flexed numerous times without any degradation to the product. In a well designed dynamic situation, the flex can go through millions of cycles, a common example would be on an inkjet printer head. They also have the advantage of absorbing shock so in a small device, for example a phone, they can take an impact without disconnecting the circuits.
They are also used to mount LEDs for applications such as down lighters on kitchen benches, outside deck lighting. This would be in a strip form. Safety lights in transport systems, for example planes, trains and boats all utilise LED flexi strip for the emergency exit routes.
Although more expensive than a standard PCB, the right design in the right application could save, weight and time in assembly, coupled with the reliability which makes flexible printed circuits a worthwhile consideration. Variations are mainly base and overlay thickness, typically 0.001” to 0.002”, copper thickness, single or double sided plated through hole. Stiffeners and rigidisers are an option which can help in handling during assembly and allows SMDs to be assembled to the product easier.
[IMG: Manufacturing Process of a Flexible Printed Circuit Board]
Click here to download a PDF of the Flexible Route Printed Circuits
[H2] Flexi-rigid Printed Circuits
A flex-rigid PCB is a multilayer circuit board sandwiching a flexible in between layers and having connections from rigid to flexible. Flex rigid PCB designs are heavily used in the aeronautical market where space and weight are an absolute premium. It can allow a large amount of components to be interconnected on more than one printed circuit board and then, folded into a smaller package to be slid into instrument cases and others alike.
Like using just a flexible to connect rigids, they offer a light weight solution, about half the weight of a rigid or a cable harness, to interconnections but with a permanent aspect that is much less susceptible to vibration and frequency related problems associated with aircraft. All the advantages that are out lined in the flexible write up apply to this product with the additional enhancements above.
The process route is complicated and requires a lot of tooling which has a significant impact on cost. However, if it the right product for the application, the reliability and space saving will outweigh the cost.
[IMG: Manufacturing Process of a Flex-Rigid PCB]
Click here to download a PDF of the Flex-Rigid Printed Circuits Route
Clarydon Electronic Services has a wealth of expertise in the design manufacture and supply of these products.  Please do not hesitate to contact us should you need us to quote or simply for further information and advice.

[H4] PCB Manufacturing Services

[H1] Contact Clarydon Electronic Services UK – West Midlands

Thank you for visiting the Clarydon website, if we can be of any assistance please do not hesitate to contact us via any of the methods below:
[H3]
[IMG: contactus]
Tel:   01902 606000
Fax:  01902 606088
Email: sales@clarydon.com

Clarydon Electronic Services Limited
Strawberry Lane
Willenhall, West Midlands
WV13 3RS
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[H2] Directions
M6 Junction 10 take A454 towards Wolverhampton/Dudley.
Take exit off dual carriageway signposted towards Wolverhampton (still A454)
At end there is a roundabout. Take 2nd exit towards Wolverhampton (still A454)
At 1st set of major traffic lights (not pedestrian) turn right into Neachells Lane
Take 1st left into Strawberry Lane
Clarydon is on left hand side

[H2] Make an Enquiry

[H2] Contacts

Managing Director: Steve Stockley ( Mobile 07973 194723 )
Production Director: Noel Garbett
Quality & Technical Manager: Lez Jervis
Accounts: Donna Stockley
Sales Manager: Martin Barrett
Sales Administrator: Emma Rose

[H1] PCB Fabrication
With two decades of experience in supplying printed circuit boards, Clarydon is ideally placed to meet your PCB fabrication requirements. Its “One-Stop PCB Solutions” approach means we are as comfortable in dealing with your Rapid Prototype from as little as eight hours to your Scheduled Volume requirements manufactured at our Chinese locations. We are happy to supply you a Single Sided board as a 32 layer Multi-Layer, or complicated Flex Rigid and at home with FR4 as we are with more challenging materials such as Aluminium Clad (IMS), Rogers, Polyimide, G200, Taconic etc.
When we say “One-Stop PCB Solutions” It’s exactly what we mean!
The secret to our approach is offering a single point of contact to our customer base but achieving the results through several centres of excellence in the UK and also China. That way you can be assured that your product is being made in the most suitable and cost effective location for your needs, yet retain the simplicity of making a single call.
We understand of course that you have a wide choice when it comes to your PCB requirements and many of our customers come to us already tooled elsewhere. To prevent this being an issue Clarydon offer a TOOLING GUARANTEE.
If you are currently tooled for a PCB elsewhere and would like to investigate the possibility of moving the business to Clarydon, please mention this when you send you enquiry and we will offer FREE OF CHARGE TOOLING for that job, thus removing the obstacle in changing supplier.
The pages that follow give some detailed explanations of the range of products and services we offer. We hope you find them of interest and that you will consider us your natural choice for all your PCB needs.
Should you need to discuss further you can find our contact details on our “Contact Us” page. Please don’t hesitate to contact us by email, phone, fax or Skype to talk with one of our experiences sales or technical team.

[H4] PCB Manufacturing Services

[H1] Single & Double Sided PTH PCB
[IMG: Single Sided Printed Circuit Board]
[H2] Single Sided (Conventional) Circuit Boards
Although the single sided PCB is the most basic and the start point of printed circuit technology and indeed, the start point of the invention, it still plays a major role in the industry.
The PCB was invented to give a good mechanical base for components and by using printing to produce the tracks allowed repeatability of interconnections in volume.
It also means reliability of connections compared to hand wiring and another big benefit is ease of assembly production of an electronic device in volume.
In through hole device technology, it does have its limitations in interconnecting large numbers of components as all the tracks are on one side but it is a cheap way of gaining all the above benefits on more simple circuits.
Due to surface finishes like Lead free hot air level, Nickel Gold and organic surface protection, single sided boards can used for surface mount devices as well as through hole. Using this technology, although the PCBS are relatively simple, they can still be used in very complex devices. This is quite often apparent on LED technology.
[IMG: Manufacturing Process of a Single-sided Printed Circuit Board]
Click here to download the Single Sided PCB Process Route.
[H2] Double Sided Printed Circuit Boards
[IMG: Double sided Printed Circuit Board]
The double sided “PTH” (plated through holes) PCB is the universal workhorse of the electronics industry. With increasing complexity and density of components many PCB’s need to use both sides of the Printed Circuit Board. This is more usually supplemented with plated-through-holes where the copper connections go right through the connecting holes to the opposite side of the board. These PTH Connections either form simple electrical connection between both sides of the PCB (Via Holes), or electrical connectivity and mechanical support for leaded components. This makes the double sided PTH PCB a much more physically robust item.
[IMG: Manufacturing Process Route of a Double sided PTH (Plated Through Holes) Printed Circuit Board]
Click here to download the Double Sided PTH Process Route

Capability
Standard
Board Profiling
CNC Rout
CNC Score
Pierce Blank & Return
Minimum Trace width
3 thou
Minimum Track Width to feature spacing
3 thou
Smallest Finished Hole SizeMaximum Drilled Hole Size
0.05mm6.0mm
Material Thickness
0.35mm-6.4mm
Copper Thickness
Up to 6oz Cu
Max board size
830 mm x 420mm * Some circuits up to 2000mm Long
Standard Surface finish
Lead Free Hot Air Level
Alternative finishes
Electroless Nickel / Immersion Gold
Silver
Electroless Tin
Organic ( OSP )
Hard Gold ( edge contact )
Carbon
Peelable
Bare Board Test
Bed of Nails
Simultaneous 2 sided flying probe test
Solder mask
Photoimageable Resist with a wide range of colours.
Gold plate
Edge connectors Touch Pads
For further details of any of the above specifications or for technical assistance on applying these specifications to your needs please email, phone or Skype to our team who will be happy to help.
Our diagrams above for single sided PCB & double sided PTH PCB show the various processes and stages of manufacture required during the manufacture of these boards.

[H4] PCB Manufacturing Services

[H1] Metal backed PCBs for high power LED applications / IMS
[IMG: Metal backed PCBs for high power LED applications / IMS]
With recent developments in LED technology, a range of high intensity surface mount LEDs has enabled designers from many industries such as traffic signals, concealed lighting, decorative work and many others, to use LEDs where once they may have used conventional bulbs or lamps.
While usage of this technology continues to expand, there is a challenge to counter the heat generated by the new components in normal running, especially when grouped closely together. This can cause burning of standard FR4 laminate and therefore a failure of the circuit. A solution to this problem is to use metal backed PCBs which are, in essence, thin PCBs bonded to an aluminium backplate of varying thickness. The result is LED PCB boards where any excess heat generated can easily pass through the FR4 laminate of the circuit board and then dissipate quickly into the aluminium, thus allowing the PCB to have its own large ‘heat sink’ permanently attached.
Another facility commonly offered in conjunction with the aluminium backing is the use of black solder resist to allow the heat to be removed by radiation. The use of aluminium backed PCBs or LED PCB boards is of course not limited to high power LEDs and can be of use to any product where heat dissipation is important. The simplest type, and hence most cost effective, metal backed PCBs available are single sided surface mount PCB boards. For more complex circuits, both double sided “plated through holes” (PTH) and multi layer (multilayer) PCBs can also be manufactured using this technique. These require a more complicated manufacturing process for the application of aluminium and also the use of standard multi layer (multilayer) registration techniques.
Final profiling of metal backed circuit boards is generally achieved by routing, though on some simpler PCBs guillotining may be acceptable and more cost effective.
[IMG: Insulated Metal Substrate (IMS) metal backed PCB Manufacturing Process Route]
Click here to download the IMS (Insulated Metal Substrate) Route (PDF)
[H2] What can be achieved using metal backed PCBs or LED PCB boards
Insulated metal substrate technology utilises the printed circuit board as a key constituent in heat removal from component devices.
The thermal efficiency gained by using an aluminium backed board allows downsizing of designs and hardware removal.
Electrical insulation between the copper and base metal is achieved using dielectric layers with high thermal conductivity.
[H2] The advantages of using metal backed PCBs and LED PCB boards:
Power densities can be increased whilst components are kept cool, increasing life and durability.
Surface mount technology can remove manual assembly from the traditional heat sink, clip, sil-pad arrangement.
Dielectrics can be tailored to suit your thermal or insulation level requirements.
The circuits can be shaped, drilled and formed, an advantage when compared to ceramic based products.
Cooling properties allow devices to be driven harder or de-rated for lower cost components.
If you need any further information about LED PCB boards or IMS (insulated metal substrate) and this developing product range, please do not hesitate to contact our sales team or use the normal enquiry page.

[H4] PCB Manufacturing Services