Forrest Christian wrote:
> Over the past year or so I've been building a selling a few specialized 
> products where the production runs are low, and cost is an issue.  I'm 
> generally looking at products in the $100ish and under price range, and 
> production runs of around 100 or so.
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that 25-50% of the cost of these products often 
> end up in the enclosure (you know, $10 components+ PCB, $5 enclosure, or 
> $100 components+PCB, $50 enclosure).
>
>   
This is the real bugaboo of us small design & mfr companies.  Our 
products are generally the size of two-way mobile radios and must be 
made of metal (aluminum) since they are used in RF environments.  We 
have sheet metal companies punch, drill, fold and paint our enclosures.  
It seems like no matter what product we're working on, then enclosure 
always costs $30 +/- 10% in qty 100-200.

I'm also interested in finding cheaper solutions.

Carey
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