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AUGUST 2023 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 31 we're doing at that point, we'll have to put a vertical line in versus all horizontal, but we le ourselves options, just in case. How did you approach electrical test? Hendrickson: For electrical test, we went with flying probe and did not bring in any bed of nails. With the throughput of the new fly- ing probe, it is very comparable to some of the bed of nails, and we do not have to build and man- age fixtures. It simplifies this whole department. What was the greatest challenge for you in setting up this facility? Hendrickson: I think bringing the factory up will be the easy part. Our property team served as the general contractor on this project. We were designing and constructing the building concurrently with the factory processes: If we had gone more linear, we would still be build- ing the facility right now. We built our first board a couple of days ahead of schedule and have beat every other milestone so far on the project. With the technology, there were chal- lenges all over the place, but working with all our suppliers and our internal partners helped us through it. Currently we're ramping up pro- duction volume, installing new equipment for capacity and capabilities, and making sure we have a quality product. I think over the next six to 12 months, the most challenging part for us will be bringing everything up to speed with the quality we expect. Brask: Well, you also have a unique situation where you're choosing specific processes for your product. You don't have to have a full wet process room or the capabilities to be a job shop; you can pick and choose what you're going to do for your products and then automate those key points. You're able to skip a lot of steps. Hendrickson: Mike has a good point. My back- ground is coming from R&D, and we spent the last 20 years simplifying our designs, and we now have one material set. We worked with our suppliers to consolidate that. Within that material set, we have standardized stackups with one resin system. To Mike's point about streamlining the process and factory design, ATG flying probe electrical testers.