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Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Fabrication Using Chemical Etching

Products & Processes Run on Chemcut PCB Etching Machines

XLi with External Automatic Pressure Adjust
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Control the spray pressure of each spray tube using the PLC instead of the throttling screw.

Available Conveyor Widths
  • 20″
  • 30″
  • 40″
  • 50″
  • 60″
Common Processes
  • Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
  • DES (Develop – Etch – Strip)
  • Etcher (Stand Alone)
  • SES (Strip – Etch – Strip)
Common Chemicals
  • Alkaline Etchant
  • Cupric Chloride Etchant
  • Ferric chloride Etchant
  • Hydrofluoric Acid (HF)
  • Micro etch
Common Materials Etched
  • Aluminum
  • Copper
  • Glass
  • Steel
  • Titanium
  • And more
2300 Series Chemical Cleaning System
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Available Conveyor Widths
  • 15″
  • 20″
  • 30″
Common Processes
  • Cleaner (Stand Alone)
  • Alkaline Clean to Acid Clean
  • Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
Common Chemicals
  • Acid Cleaner
  • Alkaline Cleaner
CC8000 Chemical Cleaning System
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Available Conveyor Widths
  • 20″
  • 30″
  • 40″
  • 50″
  • 60″
Common Processes
  • Cleaner (Stand Alone)
  • Alkaline Clean to Acid Clean
  • Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
Common Chemicals
  • Acid Cleaner
  • Alkaline Cleaner
XLi Chemical Cleaning System
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Available Conveyor Widths
  • 20″
  • 30″
  • 40″
  • 50″
  • 60″
Common Processes
  • Cleaner (Stand Alone)
  • Alkaline Clean to Acid Clean
  • Custom Size (1 to as many chambers as you want)
Common Chemicals
  • Acid Cleaner
  • Alkaline Cleaner
2300 Series Dryer
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Available Conveyor Widths
  • 15″
  • 20″
  • 30″
  • 40″
Features
  • Stand-alone drying system
  • Portable unit (move anywhere in the shop) or fix it in place
604 Deburrer
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Features
  • 2 oscillating brushes
  • Built-in Rinse and Dryer
Common uses
  • Post PCB drilling
  • Post punching operations
219 Scrubber
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Features
  • Single-sided abrasive brush
  • Tough reinforced conveyor belt supports small parts
Etch Adjust Module (EAM)
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Add EAM to
  • CC8000 Etching Systems
  • XLi Etching Systems
Advantages
  • Plated boards: Correct side to side etch difference when one side is plated more
  • Fine-tune very small features
2800 Drawer Etcher
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Features
  • An adjustable drawer type rack
  • Loads parts horizontally up to size 21″ x 21″
  • Oscillating spray tubes
  • Oscillating rack to maximize etchant movement
903-907 Regeneration System
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Features
  • Cupric chloride regeneration
  • Ferric chloride regeneration
  • Capable of utilizing: chlorine gas (903, 907C), hydrogen peroxide (907H), sodium chlorate (907H)
990D Electroless Plating System
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Product Lines for Electrolytic and Electroless Plating: CC8000, Dip Tanks, XLi, 2300 Series

Common Processes
  • 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)
Ion Exchange System
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Features
  • Closed-loop system
  • Decrease your water usage by connecting an ion exchange to your rinse water
Popular Chemical Etching Lines for Photo Metal Etching

Fine Line PCB Etching

Thin Material Transport for PCB  

  • 2 mil material can be transported with ease 
  • 1 mil Kapton transportation is currently in development and very close to being production-ready 

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