procurement, fabrication and assembly

The procurement, fabrication and assembly team at CBSE consists of highly trained technicians to skilled individuals in the area of procurement and management of flight hardware systems. CBSE lab personnel have extensive training in their area of expertise. The CBSE engineering labs have a proven track record for building and maintaining complex hardware systems.

Procurement:
The CBSE engineering procurement staff has an extensive history of procurement of high quality aerospace grade components, raw materials and necessary documentation required by NASA for flight hardware systems. We have a complete Approved Vendor List from which we order flight parts and materials. This AVL has been in works for close to 14 years and in most cases CBSE engineering is considered a priority customer. This gives us an advantage by allowing us to benefit from competitive pricing and reduced lead times.

The CBSE engineering lab maintains an extensive hardware inventory, which includes many of the standard fasteners and materials used in building precision hardware systems. With that, comes a complete computer database and hard copy files of all the documentation such as COC, lot & date code, and chemical/physical test reports that goes along with each item that is purchased for use in flight hardware systems. This gives us complete traceability of the materials used in the fabrication process of hardware systems developed by CBSE engineering.

Fabrication and Assembly:
The CBSE engineering labs include over 4000 sq. ft of fully equipped hardware fabrication and assembly lab space. This includes continuous monitored ESD workstations, which meet ANSI/ESD S20.20-1999. In addition, we also have a 1000 sq. ft 100k class clean room facility available for hardware systems requiring this type of environment for final assembly.

Lab capabilities include metrology/inspection, mechanical hardware assembly, electrical board population, electrical component and system testing, EPROM coding and burn-in, ESD workstations, electrical assembly, acoustic testing, thermal testing, vacuum testing, and pressure testing. We have a full range of NASA calibrated tools within our labs, including precise metrology equipment used for dimensional inspection of parts. For processes and testing not performed "in-house", the Engineering Division utilizes either NASA facilities or other certified private labs with which the Division has developed relationships. These activities include vibration testing, EMI testing, and material plating processes. The Engineering laboratories work under processes identified under NASA-STD-8739, with a staff of technicians trained and certified for the activities performed. Our technicians have over 14 years experience in handling NASA flight qualified hardware systems.

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