Equipment hire costs
X-ray Inspection
Equipment:
X-Tek [Nikon] Revolution
Cost:
£150 per hour; £750 per day pro rata; £3375 per week*
(for week-long bookings, other equipment may be accessible, but please discuss requirements in advance)
Other services:
3D Tomography/CT Scan: £250 per sample
Assistance: additional £50 per half hour
Testing by Electronics Yorkshire staff: £125 per half-hour
Full fault report: £250
Please note that a supplementary charge may apply to certain aspects of this equipment's operations
Optical Inspection
Equipment:
ErsaScope 2 optical inspection system
Vision Engineering Lynx stereo microscope
Vision Engineering Hawk measurement system
Optivue VMZ20X industrial video microscope
Cost:
£50 per hour; £250 per day after seven days*
Microsectioning
Equipment:
Buehler IsoMet precision sectioning saw, plus grinder/polisher
Cost:
£200 per sample
Environmental Simulation
Equipment:
Votsch environment simulation chamber
Cost:
£250 per day; £110 per day after seven days*
Materials Composition and Plating Thickness
Equipment:
Fischerscope XDAL X-Ray spectrometer
Cost:
Minimum £35 per test (contact us for details)
Thermal Imaging
Equipment:
Land Cyclops Thermal Imaging Camera
Cost:
Off-site: £45 per day; £290 per seven-day week
On-site: £300 per day (includes hire of a room, plus an hour's setup/support from Electronics Yorkshire staff)
BGA/CSP/QFP Rework
Equipment:
Ersa IR/PL550 BGA placement systems
Ersa IR/PL650 BGA placement systems
Cost:
£75 per hour; £400 per day (includes limited access to X-ray inspection)*
Equipment:
Reballer
Cost:
On request; minimum £20 per sample
Reflow Small Scale Assembly
Equipment:
TWS 1250 3-zone Re-flow Oven
Cost:
POA
TWS RT 03 and Arrow Thermolog-Pb3 temperature profilers
Cost:
£20 per day
Notes
Electronics Yorkshire Full Members receive a 20% discount on equipment use, investigation, analysis and report costs.
All prices exclude VAT
*Weekly periods for equipment used at the Technology Centre are Mon-Fri 8am-4pm (including start-up and shut-down); weekly periods for equipment used away from the Technology Centre are seven calendar days (over-run may incur hourly rate charges).
Please note: Hire of certain equipment within the Technology Centre is in significant demand. As a result, bookings for hire of any piece of equipment will be confirmed back to customers immediately on receipt by e-mail. Any booking which is cancelled 48 hours or less before the date booked will be invoiced in full. Provisional bookings cannot be accepted.