Custom Electronics Trays: When a Tray Built for Your Part Pays Off

Catalog trays are a quick way to start. As volumes grow and parts vary, custom electronics trays become a production tool. Blue Ridge Thermoforming is an electrostatic discharge (ESD) tray manufacturer in Greenville, SC. We build custom thermoformed trays for electronics.

Fit protects value

A pocket sized to your part limits movement, contact with connectors and pins, and handling damage. For graded CPUs and memory, fit protects the grade.

Count that matches your process

A custom tray holds the number of parts you actually use. You won't half-fill trays or split lots.

The right static control

Dissipative, conductive, and anti-static materials are chosen for your components and environment, including clear or black static-dissipative options. See ESD and anti-static packaging for how those protection levels differ, and the electronics trays hub for CPUs, memory, drives, and optics.

Built for automation and stacking

Consistent pockets and repeatable trim support robotic pick-and-place and dense stacking. See the ESD tray case study for an automation example.

New parts, new packages

Processor and module packages keep changing. Custom tooling keeps up with new parts. Custom CPU trays and server CPU trays are tooled to the chip you send. DDR5 memory trays and M.2 solid-state drive (SSD) trays follow the same idea. Memory module trays cover server and laptop modules. Thin gauge ESD trays cover the broader component set.

What to send for a quote

• A drawing, CAD file, or sample part
• Parts per tray
• Lid or stacking needs
• ESD requirement
• Annual volume
• Automation details, if the tray will be picked by a robot

When custom makes sense

Custom trays pay off when volume repeats, parts are valuable, or the form factor is new. They also help when a robot picks the tray, or when the pack has to match a brand.