Photo Etching & Chemical Milling Equipment
What is Photo Etching?
Photo etching is the process of removing metal by chemical etching and is ideally suited to produce flat, relatively thin parts of unlimited configurations.
Photo etching is also known as metal etching, chemical milling, acid etching, and stainless-steel etching.
If you want to learn more about the benefits of chemical etching and why you should consider it, please see our page on etching.
Popular Chemical Etching Lines for Photo Metal Etching
Explore our range of Chemical Etching lines, each designed and built to accommodate your specific process. When you are ready, contact our expert team to design the solution you need.
Popular Chemical Etching Lines for Photo Metal Etching
- Copper Etcher
- PCB Etcher
- Copper Etcher
- Stainless Steel Etcher
- PCB Etcher
- Specialty Metal Etcher
- Titanium Etching
- Specialty Metal Etcher
Popular Equipment Options for the Photo Etch Process
Specific gravity and drip pans are highly recommended options to go along with Chemcut’s photo etch processing equipment. Additional options to improve your process can be found on our Products page.
XLi with External Automatic Pressure Adjust
Control the spray pressure of each spray tube using the PLC instead of the throttling screw.
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- Etcher (Stand Alone)
- SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
- Alkaline Etchant
- Cupric Chloride Etchant
- Ferric chloride Etchant
- Hydrofluoric Acid (HF)
- Micro etch
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Glass
- Steel
- Titanium
- And more
XLi Chemical Cleaning System
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Cleaner (Stand Alone)
- Alkaline Clean to Acid Clean
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- Acid Cleaner
- Alkaline Cleaner
XLi Developing Systems
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- Developer (Stand Alone)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- 1% Potassium Carbonate
- 1% Sodium Carbonate
XLi Etching Systems
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- Etcher (Stand Alone)
- SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
- Alkaline Etchant
- Cupric Chloride Etchant
- Ferric chloride Etchant
- Hydrofluoric Acid (HF)
- Micro etch
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Glass
- Steel
- Titanium
- And more
XLi Stripping Systems
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
- Stripper (Stand Alone)
- Metal Resist Stripper
- Proprietary Aqueous or Semi-Aqueous Stripper
- Potassium Hydroxide
- Sodium Hydroxide
121 Brush Cleaner
- Wet Brushing
- Oscillating Brushes
- Choice of bristle or compressed brushes
- Brushing
- Cleaner
- Finishing
- Remove Polishing
219 Scrubber
- Single-sided abrasive brush
- Tough reinforced conveyor belt supports small parts
2300 Series Chemical Cleaning System
- 15″
- 20″
- 30″
- Cleaner (Stand Alone)
- Alkaline Clean to Acid Clean
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- Acid Cleaner
- Alkaline Cleaner
2300 Series Developing System
- 15″
- 20″
- 30″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- Developer (Stand Alone)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- 1% Potassium Carbonate
- 1% Sodium Carbonate
- dry film photoresists
- liquid photoresists
- Aqueous solder mask resist (dry and liquid)
- And many more resists
2300 Series Dryer
- 15″
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- Stand-alone drying system
- Portable unit (move anywhere in the shop) or fix it in place
2300 Series Etching System
- 15″
- 20″
- 30″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- Etcher (Stand Alone)
- SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
- Alkaline Etchant
- Cupric Chloride Etchant
- Ferric chloride Etchant
- Hydrofluoric Acid (HF)
- Micro etch
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Glass
- Steel
- Titanium
- And more
2300 Series Stripping System
- 15″
- 20″
- 30″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
- Stripper (Stand Alone)
- Metal Resist Stripper
- Proprietary Aqueous or Semi-Aqueous Stripper
- Potassium Hydroxide
- Sodium Hydroxide
2800 Drawer Etcher
- An adjustable drawer type rack
- Loads parts horizontally up to size 21″ x 21″
- Oscillating spray tubes
- Oscillating rack to maximize etchant movement
604 Deburrer
- 2 oscillating brushes
- Built-in Rinse and Dryer
- Post PCB drilling
- Post punching operations
CC8000 Chemical Cleaning System
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Cleaner (Stand Alone)
- Alkaline Clean to Acid Clean
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- Acid Cleaner
- Alkaline Cleaner
CC8000 Developing Systems
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- Developer (Stand Alone)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- 1% Potassium Carbonate
- 1% Sodium Carbonate
- dry film photoresists
- liquid photoresists
- Aqueous solder mask resist (dry and liquid)
- And many more resists
CC8000 Etching Systems
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- Etcher (Stand Alone)
- SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
- Alkaline Etchant
- Cupric Chloride Etchant
- Ferric chloride Etchant
- Hydrofluoric Acid (HF)
- Micro etch
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Glass
- Steel
- Titanium
- And more
CC8000 Stripping Systems
- 20″
- 30″
- 40″
- 50″
- 60″
- Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
- DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
- SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
- Stripper (Stand Alone)
- Sodium Hydroxide
- Potassium Hydroxide
- Proprietary Aqueous or Semi-Aqueous Stripper
- Metal Resist Stripper
Etch Adjust Module (EAM)
- CC8000 Etching Systems
- XLi Etching Systems
- Plated boards: Correct side to side etch difference when one side is plated more
- Fine-tune very small features
936 Web Filtering System
Removes these from rinse water: Metal fines, Brush particles, Oils and other contaminates.
Ion Exchange System
- Closed-loop system
- Decrease your water usage by connecting an ion exchange to your rinse water
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