Public domain products are shown at:
Power-io solid state relays, contactors, and
I/O
Private development projects include:
custom input SSR products
custom frequency switching products
better thermal transfer technologies as applied to thyristor or IGBT switching
products.
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VB-Controls offers contracting services to reduce costs, reduce time
delays, and to minimize unnecessary distractions in the manufacturing of
electronic assemblies. These services are customized to the customers' exact
requirements and they may include any of the following capabilities:
Manufacturing
We have assisted in locating, starting up, and providing guidance
for remote, printed circuit board manufacturing facilities. VB-Controls has
started up manufacturing facilities in the USA, Canada, and Costa Rica. In
addition, VB-Controls has assisted in-house manufacturing facilities in Europe
as they optimized their manufacturing capability, test equipment, component
selection, or quality control departments. Some clients prefer to maintain a
high degree of direct corporate involvement. Other clients prefer to operate in
a virtual manufacturing mode where the client becomes a "customer," buying the
manufactured product at a predictable cost and delegating the daily
responsibilities to VB-Controls.
Design
VB-Controls has
provided new electronic designs and has modified existing designs. Modification
of existing designs is frequently requested for better manufacturing
capability, standards approval, reliability, and to eliminate long lead time
components that might delay shipments. In addition, we have provided in-depth
assistance with UL, CSA, and CE testing for some clients. Our core competencies
include: PCB design, microprocessor based control, power switching, thermal
management, surface mount technology optimization, cost control, cost
reduction, quality improvement, and streamlined manufacturing capability.
Cost
Containment
In addition to designing and
manufacturing, VB-Controls has provided cost and quality improvements. This
includes: local inventory reduction due to rapid, direct shipments from the
manufacturing facility to the final destination; faster manufacturing cycles by
improving component selection; upgrading component capability while maintaining
or reducing costs; and initiating changes in packaging requirements.
About The
Company
VB-Controls has over 50 management years of
direct, hands-on, design, manufacturing, shipping, repair, sales, and
distribution management. We can provide a variety of services that are
customized to your application. From resolving a simple application to a
complete "virtual" design/manufacturing/shipping capability, VB-Controls has the
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The personnel at VB-Controls have
50 years of combined experience with control and power switching
applications originally as employees of Invensys, Eurotherm,
Barber-Colman, and Continental. Starting in 1999, VB-Controls
was created as an independent engineering company to continue
serving the needs of these three divisions of Invensys while
expanding to serve other companies as an outside resource
dedicated to fast response to difficult engineering
applications. The VB-Controls organization continues to expand
by applying similar technology to other facets of control.
The core competencies of VB-Controls
technology is based upon::
- scr design knowledge directly at
the silicon creation stage
- advanced knowledge of direct
copper bonding techniques and thermal transfer capability (resulting in better
thermal efficiencies than are typical in the industry)
- creation of customized heat sinks
and other heat dissipation products resulting in the consistent performance
even in the "less than ideal" industrial or commercial environments
- ability to interface to a number
of industrial communications standards including Modbus, DeviceNet, Profibus,
and others
- and the ability to embed local,
customized, microprocessors for additional functional performance and/or
diagnostics.
In addition, VB-Controls has a strong
record of designing products and personally walking them throught the testing
procedures at UL, CSA, and CE -- resulting in providing customers hardware that
they can start shipping faster than traditionally found in many larger
organizations.
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