Electronics lane
Same-day PCB assembly and rework
You have a board, it does not work, and the fab house that built it is three weeks and eleven time zones away. That…
$200 to $400 per board
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What you get
$395 flat rate on incubators, centrifuges and microscopes. Flat, not an estimate. You know the number before the instrument leaves your bench.
Traceable calibration, $75 to $300 per unit, against mass and platinum resistance thermometer standards, with a certificate.
Refurbished instruments, bought broken and sold working, when what you actually need is a second one rather than a repair.
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What it replaces
OEM service starts north of $623 before parts and routinely runs thirty days. That is correct pricing for a service organisation with a national footprint and wrong for a lab three miles away with a stalled experiment.
Bay Area independents do exist and several are good. The pattern is quote-by-phone and slow. The gap is same-week turnaround at a number posted on a website.
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How it works
Bring it in or arrange pickup. Flat rate covers diagnosis and labour; consumable parts are quoted before they are fitted. If it cannot be economically fixed you are told that and you do not pay the flat rate.
The counter is not open yet. Prices are posted in advance and held at opening.
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Rates
Posted before opening, not after. Build a full order on the rate board.
Incubator, centrifuge or microscope repair$395 flat
Instrument calibration, traceable$75-300 per unit
IR audit, NFPA 70B annual scan$1,500-2,500 per day
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Common questions
What instruments do you repair for $395 flat?
Incubators, centrifuges and microscopes. The flat rate covers diagnosis and labour. Consumable parts are quoted separately and before they are fitted.
How long does lab instrument repair take?
Same week is the target, against roughly thirty days for OEM service. The constraint is usually part availability rather than bench time.
Is your calibration traceable?
Yes. Calibration runs against mass and platinum resistance thermometer standards and comes with a certificate, at $75 to $300 per unit. ISO 17025 accreditation is deliberately deferred until demand proves it is worth the overhead, and that is stated up front rather than implied away.
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Other lanes
Silicon lane
Wire bonding and failure analysis
Between a university cleanroom you need badge access to enter and an OSAT that will not quote under a few thousand…
$30 to $80 per chip, decap from $75
Verify lane
EMC pre-compliance and environmental test
Failing a certified EMC chamber is expensive twice: once for the chamber day and again for the schedule. A pre-scan…
$400 to $600 per scan
Robotics lane
Actuator and joint characterization
Actuator datasheets are marketing documents. Peak torque is quoted at a duty cycle nobody runs and thermal derating…
$1,500 to $3,000 per report