As part of the continuous upgrades in our electronics contract manufacturing facility near Rochester, NY, we recently replaced the overhead lighting in the manufacturing area. We replaced 40 of these 400-watt fixtures with smaller, brighter, more energy-efficient LED...
The bare PCB (printed circuit board) is often the most expensive item on a PCB Assembly bill of materials. It can present a surprising number of choices for the design engineer. The basic composition is a substrate, a conducting layer, and a solder mask. The most...
Z-AXIS is a New York electronics contract manufacturer that celebrated its 30th anniversary. Watch this video and learn more about us. NY Electronics Contract Manufacturer Celebrates Milestone In October 2019 we celebrated 30 years in business with a surprise party...
In this video we look at a few different techniques to protect printed circuit board assemblies from dust, moisture and vibration in their final product. These include conformal coating with acrylic or urethane, potting (encapsulation), RTV spot treatment, and...
Being an electrical engineer is a great job: It’s all about solving problems for people! What the job is actually like varies depending on where you work. Here’s a peek at a day in the life of a design engineer at Z-AXIS, and how it compares to the same job at a more...
This video from Z-AXIS shows our SMT pick and place process. Surface mount technology (SMT) mounts components directly onto the surface of a printed circuit board and is one of our PCBA assembly services. From Electronic Design to PCB AssemblyBefore surface mount... 
