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The new U.S. Military and Space Agency thrust is to be more high tech., lighter, faster, and more reliable on a reduced budget. NASA’s JPL Mars Rover Team replaced hard wiring that was over weight limits and dimensional constraints with a 30 layer Rigid-Flex that weighed a mere 84 grams. This state of the art Rigid-Flex PWB, over 24 " long performed flawlessly

User Advantages

• Reduces size & weight in restricted space applications
  
• Reliability increases with the reduction of piece parts in assembly
  
• Eliminates the human error factor of mis-wiring
  
• Eliminates solder joint quality issues (no rework of solder joints)
  
• Reduces kitting time and space required (1 part verus many)
  
• Assemblers use one drawing for multiple board assemblies
  
• Reduces errors in drawing rivision control
  
• Eliminates the time taken for hard wiring point to point
  
• Electrical & other test times reduced (bare board test is per unit) unit integrity withstands greater vibration and shock requirements