Spur Electron

Spur Electron is an electronics services company in Havant, Hampshire, in the United Kingdom. It serves the space and aerospace industries with component engineering, procurement, assembly and laboratory work. It describes itself as an independent provider of expertise and skills to the European space and defence industry.

Spur Electron provides specialist EEE component engineering and procurement for both commercial off the shelf and space level uses. It runs low-reliability and high-reliability procurement programmes that follow ESA ECSS standards, including Class 1 and Class 2 missions.

Services include component risk assessment and reliability definition, space-grade procurement to specification, budget and schedule, and ESA approved PCB assembly and verification programmes. The company also reviews PCB layout and assembly methods and carries out micro-sectioning, failure analysis and materials assessment.

The company is an ESA authorised facility. It runs a fully equipped Component and Materials Assessment Laboratory and an analytical laboratory. It has more than 200 ESA verified shapes and takes part in UK Space and ESA working groups.

On the manufacturing side, Spur Electron offers PCB and module assembly, electronic assembly, solder verification, a surface mount technology facility and conformal coating.

Wider capabilities include help with design, project management, prototyping, obsolescence management, radiation assessment, manufacturing, laboratory services and test services. The company works with customers who need very high product reliability across component engineering, materials science and electronic assembly.

The company shows ISO, LRQA, JOSCAR and ESA marks, and it lists quality, news and careers pages. Customers can send enquiries by email through the site.

Services

• Component engineering
• Space-grade procurement
• PCB and module assembly
• Solder verification
• Surface mount technology
• Conformal coating
• Failure analysis
• Radiation assessment
• Obsolescence management
• Laboratory and test services