Thursday, August 22, 2013

Step By Step Manufacturing Of PCB

By Cara Torres


Manufacturing of PCB has been simplified through innovation and advancement in technology. You will require a photo resist board which forms the basics of the entire assembly. This is a piece of glass with reinforcements made of plastic. On the one end is a photo sensitive copper coating. It is by peeling this plastic film that one reveals the photo sensitive coating.

The transparent printed circuit board is placed beneath the photo resist board. It is important to ensure that you select boards that are of equal size. It is the removal of the covering plastic film that makes the surface sensitive. Care should be taken to place the board in the right way. It will prevent the tracks from ending in the wrong way. These are the preparatory steps that make the board ready to be transferred into the UV light box.

The lid to the box should be appropriate in order to make the box completely covered. The box should be switched on for about two and half minutes. This board should only be handled using plastic tongs because of its delicate nature. The board is then transferred into the development box. It takes slightly more or less than ten seconds in this box and then it is removed. Extending time in this box is dangerous and could destroy it completely.

Plastic tongs are used to hold the board during all these operations. It is transferred into an etching tank after carefully washing in clean water. Heating allows the bubble etch tank to complete a very important process. The process involves etching away all unwanted copper materials. You will only be left with carefully drawn tracks. Success during this stage demands constant checks.

Etching will take approximately fifteen minutes. Under-etching exposes the board incomplete development while it will get damaged when etching is overdone. The tracks are likely to be removed in the process. The process of manufacture should be monitored by the minute and will eventually be mastered.

The layout for PCB is best produced using an auto CAD or Computer Aided Design system. This is a system that allows you to input your own data and later transfer it to your manufacturer. The system allows you to earmark and define the copper layers you need for each job. The component notations and soldier marks will also be clear.

Laser photoplotters are used during preparation of photo tools. This is done in a controlled dark room where the humidity and temperatures are monitored. The board data is taken for conversion into an image based on pixels. Writing on the film is done using a laser writer as well. Upon exposure, the film has developed automatically and is ready for unloading for the operator.

Profiling or V-cut scoring is the process that completes manufacturing of PCB. The process takes place at the production panel and uses a scoring machine. A third of the board is cut to ensure that it remains intact. Engaging an expert ensures that the entire process of manufacture meets your expectations.




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