Quality
The Cable Associates' commitment to quality is at the forefront of the processes, products and services that meet or exceed all customer requirements.
The Cable Associates quality engineering team primary focus is continued quality improvement as evidenced by the following:
- detailed quality control procedure handbook revised annually
- highly trained engineers / technicians
- state of the art equipment sourcing / regular maintenance and calibration
- BOM verification
- RoHS compliance verification
- First article verification both standard and AS9102B forms
- Drawing rev level verification
- Cut sheet verification
- Test setup verification
- Previous build notes verification
- Internal documentation (drawings, procedures, travellers, test sheets, schematics)
All Cable Associates electrical cable assemblies are tested 100% for continuity and signal integrity. Fiber optic - Copper - RF cable assemblies are tested following customer specific requirements.
RFQ Process
Our Process
RFQ REQUEST INTRODUCTION
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NDA COMPLETION
FACILITY TOUR / MEETING
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ENGINEERING REVIEWS / GENERATES
DRAWING BILL OF MATERIALS
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STATEMENT OF WORK PRODUCT
DOCUMENTATION MANUFACTURING PHASES
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APPROVED COMPONENT
SOURCING TOOLING
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PROOF OF CONCEPT / PROTOTYPE
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FIRST ARTICLE PROCESS / APPROVAL
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VOLUME PRICING DELIVERY SCHEDULE
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ENGINEERING VALUE ADDED SERVICES
QUALITY DOCUMENTATION
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Certifications
AS9003
UL, COMPONENT - PROCESSED WIRE E514038
UL, PROCESSED WIRE E514038
IPC-J-STD-001
IPC/WHMA-A 620
ITAR Compliant
Equipment List
Cable Associates is continually expanding production and test capabilities with the latest manufacturing and test equipment. CAI monitors industry trends while working closely with our equipment suppliers and customers. From Schleuniger Mercury 4 Laser Wire Strippers to 40 GHz Anritsu Shockline VNA's, Cable Associates is committed to providing the highest quality cable assembly solutions for our valued customers.
Schleuniger cut and strip machines
TE, Molex, Positronic, Hirose, strip and crimp presses
JBC, Weller and Metcal Soldering stations
Hexacon & AB Industrial Solder Pots
Cirris & Fluke cable test systems
Custom assembly and test fixtures
TE, Molex, Hirose, Positronic, Amphenol crimp presses and tooling.
Schleuniger and Komax cut and strip machines
Panduit, Brady and TE Label systems
Cirris, Fluke and Schleuniger test equipment
Domaille & SGI Polishing machines and plates
Schleuniger automatic fiber production machines
Nordson Performus III epoxy dispensers
Temperature controlled curing ovens and stations
Viavi, Noyes, Opto-Test, EXFO and Rifocs optical test equipment
Viavi Inspection scopes and software
Viavi MAP 200/300 Fiber Mapping and Test Systems
Fiber Check II Inspection Scopes and Systems
Clean-Blast Cleaning Systems
Daisy, Norland and DORC Interferometers
Anritsu OTDR
Daisy D-Scope MT Fiber Optic Inspection System
Three ESD controlled laboratories with humidity control
ESD Monitoring systems
ESD Ionizers, benches, chairs and flooring
Tenney and Thermo-Tron Temperature Chambers
Schleuniger Pull Test equipment PT-28, PT26 and PT-326
40 GHz Anritsu vector network analyzers
Mini Circuits RF switching systems
Fiber Optic epoxy thermal ovens
Komax Mira 340 & 440, Comic 48R coax cutting systems
Komax Mira 230 wire stripping machines
Seven Associates T-500 Coax Cutter
Winton WX-6 semi rigid coax bending machines
Dimension Fiber scopes
Agilent 8753E Vector Network Analyzer
EXFO sources and power meters
OptoTest OP 735-IN3 & OP 950mm Power and back reflection meters
OptoTest 1x12 bi-directional switch matrix OP721-MM
Agiltron 1x24 and 1x12 optical switches1050 semi rigid strip machine
Schleuniger Unistrip 2600 strip machine
Schleuniger SR-1050 coax stripper
Schleuniger Mercury 4 laser wire stripper
Craftbot IDEC XL 3D Printer
TE RBK-X1 Heat Shrink Machines
TE XB-19 Heat Shrink Machines
Cole Parmer Ultra sonic cleaning machines
Brady Wrapter A6500 wrap around label machines
Brady Wrapter A6200 wrap around label machines
Siglent Function Arbitrary Waveform Generator SDG1032X
Siglent Digital Oscilloscope SDS-1202X-E
In-house designed test systems for laser testing.
Meiji Microscopes
Various in-house calibration equipment
Am-Scope MU1000 digital Inspection Microscope
Mountz TL-100i and various torque wrenches and screw drivers
Schleuniger 7010 Kevlar Cutters
LANTEK-II and Fluke CAT 5, 5e, 6 and 6A testers.