Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Fabrication Using Chemical Etching
Products & Processes Run on Chemcut PCB Etching Machines
- 2 mil core inner layers
- Flexible reel-to-reel Kapton
- 250 mil multi-layers
- Rigid FR4
Fine Line PCB Etching
2 mil line and space at production volumes
Thin Material Transport for PCB
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2 mil material can be transported with ease
Etch & Capabilities Testing
Develop – Etch – Strip Line
Strip – Etch – Strip Line
Cupric Chloride Etch Line
Developing Systems
Stripping Systems
Mechanical Scrubbing and Deburr
Chemcut PCB Etching Machines for Fabrication of PCB
- Do you prefer to control the spray pressure of every spray tube or zone (depends on setup) instead of the options above?
Then check out our XLi High-Resolution etcher. This module allows you to control the spray pressure of every spray tube or zone from your PLC.
We have designed our the XLi High-Resolution etcher to have five zones—top and bottom—where you can control the pressure of each spray tube or zone. The etcher will allow you to even the etch side to side for PCB fabrication and will allow you to etch one side more than the other without getting in the etch chamber to make adjustments. - One of the most popular money-saving options is our Regeneration system. For cupric chloride, Chemcut’s regeneration system makes the chemistry last indefinitely! The regeneration system will automatically add hydrochloric acid and sodium chlorate as you etch more copper. We also offers a chlorine gas regeneration system for cupric chloride etching.
Other Popular Options for the PCB Etching Process:
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
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
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
604 Deburrer
- 2 oscillating brushes
- Built-in Rinse and Dryer
- Post PCB drilling
- Post punching operations
219 Scrubber
- Single-sided abrasive brush
- Tough reinforced conveyor belt supports small parts
936 Web Filtering System
Removes these from rinse water: Metal fines, Brush particles, Oils and other contaminates.
121 Brush Cleaner
- Wet Brushing
- Oscillating Brushes
- Choice of bristle or compressed brushes
- Brushing
- Cleaner
- Finishing
- Remove Polishing
990D Electroless Plating System
Product Lines for Electrolytic and Electroless Plating: CC8000, Dip Tanks, XLi, 2300 Series
- Desmear
- Electroless Copper Plating
- Electroless Nickel Plating
- Electrolytic Copper Plating
- Electrolytic Gold Plating
- Electrolytic Silver Plating
- Electrolytic Tin Plating
- Immersion Gold Plating
- Immersion Silver Plating
- Immersion Tin Plating
- Ni/Au Plating
- PTH (Plated through-hole) Any discussion on this topic should include your chemistry supplier as well. It is critical that the bath for PTH is monitored closely.
- Inner layer bonding operations: brown oxide (Bondfilm, Multibond, etc.), (white ‘oxide’ – immersion Tin)
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
Ion Exchange System
- Closed-loop system
- Decrease your water usage by connecting an ion exchange to your rinse water
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
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