In the military, PCBs are absolutely vital for everyday tasks. PCBs power everything, from communication systems and radars, to crucial pieces of machinery such as missile guiding systems and other groups of weapon control. This includes the integration of AI and machine learning for enhanced performance in areas like radar systems. They are also responsible for security and helping to power systems that prevent against cyber-attacks.
Ensuring our PCBs are designed appropriately for the military is vital which is why we ensure they comply with various international standards like IPC-A-600G, IPC-6012, and IPC-TM-650, and are ISO-9001-2008 quality accredited and UL approved.
When designing our circuit boards for the military, we ensure that they are built to withstand the harsh conditions that may be faced-this includes both hot and cold temperatures, as well as strong vibrations that occur during the use of powerful machinery. We also ensure to incorporate redundant circuits which provides backup in cases of system failures.
Aerospace PCB assembly
Meeting the aerospace PCB design standards is absolutely vital in ensuring the success of whatever the task at hand may be. PCB boards are responsible for navigation, weapon systems, sensors and even the actual flight control itself.
Due to the extremely harsh conditions faced during aerospace, meeting strict reliability standards is a given that we ensure we meet here at Momentum Circuits.
There are many factors we have to consider during the design of these PCB boards, such as thermal management, vibration control and ensuring the boards are durable and lightweight. This enables the aircrafts to perform at their optimum speed whilst still performing to an exceptional quality.
Momentums Flexible PCB Capabilities
This will include nominated origin substrate materials, flexible circuits, flex-rigid layouts and even hybrid material composite boards. All of the technologies are within Momentum Circuits' capabilities.
Often cost is not the driving factor within this sector (although the focus on price continues to become increasingly important), but uncompromising quality, reliability, traceability and often challenging circuit board technologies are very much the requirement within this sector.
Momentum Circuits appreciate that all circuit boards manufactured for applications within this sector also require fixed and approved origins of manufacture with total traceability and security of Gerber data and engineering drawings/specifications.
All work is covered by strict non-disclosure agreement (NDA) so that the security and archiving of your data is totally secure and there is no risk of security breach.
Overcoming Complexity OF PCB Manufacturing Through Our MIL-Spec Factories
Momentum understand that there is often a requirement for short lead-times despite the sometimes challenging specification of materials and board complexity, and we can offer the very quickest delivery using approved MIL-Spec factories either in the UK or offshore if approved by our customers.
What our customers say...
"Historically, the thought of manufacturing any component of our products offshore would have been simply out of the question. Our concerns over security of Gerber files and the implications of poor data control resulted in all of our products being manufactured in the UK. It is therefore a revelation to (name withheld) that the quality and type approvals offered by your nominated factory were in fact higher than our incumbent suppliers and this has resulted in a total rethink. We now look forward to seeing what savings can be achieved on our established battery powered devices."
Momentum Circuits provide boards that comply with the following international standards:
- IPC-A-600G (Acceptability of PCBs) Class I,II & III
- IPC-6012 (Quality & Performance specification for rigid PCB) Class I, II & III
- IPC-TM-650 Test Method
- ISO-9001-2008 Quality Accredited
- UL Approved
- IPC Class 2 or3
- ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) Compliant