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- From: pvr@wang.com ()
- Subject: Re: PC board manufacture: my technique
- Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:55:11 GMT
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- johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy) writes:
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-
- >> I have made a number of small boards up to 2 by 4.5 inches
- >> using this process and some with very fine traces and spacings.
- >> I complete the etching of one side before I apply the toner
- >> to the other side. I don't know it this process will scale up to
- >> larger sizes well. It seems to me that the steam step is
- >> particularly important. Before I did this traces would pull off at
- >> the edges of the board as the board cooled.
- >
-
- >This process is unlikely to scale much _because_ of the steam step. The
- >paper will swell and hence dimensional accuracy will not be maintained.
-
- The point at which you drive the steam into the paper is
- after the toner has melted onto the pc board. The temperature
- of the steam is below the melting point of the toner. The paper
- swelling will not effect the dimensional accuracy at this point.
-
- >Our laser printers print accurately onto the paper _before_ it hits the
- >fuser section. Because of the inherent sizing distortion caused by the
- >heat cycle in the printer, we need to let the paper (or mylar, more
- >usually) "rest" for an hour or two before proceeding to the next step.
-
- >I've noticed about a 1-2% error in sizing when the paper first comes out
- >of the printer (this is serious for big components, such as edge
- >connectors or DIN41612 plugs and sockets). The paper restores its
- >dimensions as it rests.
-
- I had not noticied this but I am working with smaller
- boards.
- --
- >>>>>>>>>>>> Peter Reilley ..... pvr@wiis.wang.com ..... KA1LAT <<<<<<<<<<<<<
- Well, that about says it.
-