<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_md64wfbb0" alt="20250715_185728.jpg" width="422" height="563"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is part of a 500-piece order that we&#39;re trouble-shooting -- 10 pieces, or 2%.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We usually do QC functions using a test fixture, and these are the units that didn&#39;t pass our tests.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We&#39;ve made our own test fixtures, which is how we caught that these units needed work.  We can usually take that 2% down to 0.5% pretty quickly just be looking at the board itself with some magnification.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It&#39;ll be something like someone mishandled the board and broke a cap, maybe a LED was installed backwards.  Sometimes it&#39;s something as dumb as a dented corner from the board being dropped -- in other words, the inconsistencies introduced by humans.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We&#39;re good at diagnostics and repair.  It&#39;s not the best use of our time, but doing it keeps us sharp.  CMs usually call this &quot;the bone pile.&quot;</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Regards,</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Thomas Pownall</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">CADX Services, Inc.</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Tel: 585-624-1491 X101</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Fax: 585-582-1101</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:tpownall@cadxservices.com" target="_blank">tpownall@cadxservices.com</a></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Web: <a href="http://www.cadxservices.com" target="_blank">http://www.cadxservices.com</a></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">***********************************************************</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">**************** Confidentiality Statement ****************</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">***********************************************************</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">(or responsible for delivery of the message to such person),</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">case, you should destroy this message, and notify us</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">immediately. If you or your employer does not consent to</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Internet email messages of this kind, please advise us</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">immediately. Opinions, conclusions and other information</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">expressed in this message are not given or endorsed by my firm</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">or employer unless otherwise indicated by an authorized</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">representative independent of this message.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>