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Precision Photo Etching



Precision Photo Etching

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We design and manufacture photo etched components suitable for aerospace, defense, medical, electronic, filtration, automotive, and many other commercial markets. Our core competency lies in producing micro-machined components, such as micro fluidic devices, screens and meshes, fuel valves, manifolds, electronic components, and disc filters. Chemically Etched Miniature Systems (ChEMS ®) as well as our PhotoPore® screens are two of our patented etched products which are used in critical spacecraft applications as well as medical requirements. Our photo etching capabilities allow us to fabricate components from a wide range of materials including but not limited to: aluminum, brass, copper, nickel alloy, polyimide, carbon & spring steel, stainless steel, and titanium, with thicknesses ranging from 0.0005" to 0.125".

Depending on the dimensions, tolerances, edge profiles, and configuration requirements certain materials may be better suited for your needs. Our assistance is offered upon material selection. Photo etched components can be produced from panels up to 28” x 68” in size in our clean rooms, holding minimum dimensional tolerances of ±0.0005" and positional tolerances even better. Based on your application requirements, we can process etched components in tabbed or untabbed process sheets.   Our operations yield consistent etching results and dimensional consistencies across the entire panel.

At the beginning of every fabrication project, component specifications provided by customers are reviewed thoroughly and a project engineer is assigned to each job. Design assistance is also offered to customers with Autodesk Inventor, COSMOS, and Ansoft Maxwell 2D. Photographic artworks are generated according to customers’ exact specifications and are laser plotted to engineered “photo tools”.  The images produced by these photo tools are exposed onto resistant dry or wet films; controlled UV exposure ensures accurate transfer of images from artwork photo tools to the process panels. As one of the largest commercial etching facilities in the United States, we offer development, prototyping and high volume manufacturing capabilities.

Statistical Process Control (SPC) is used throughout our production process and chemical controls. Our SPC ensures high quality regulation to your photo etched requirement. Proprietary resist removal solutions are used for stripping the resistant films from etched panels. Along with our photo etching expertise we provide many other in-house capabilities including; Automated Visual Inspection, Assembling, Testing, Diffusion and Adhesive Bonding, Forming, Special Packaging, and other value added operations performed to your components, in a dust-controlled environment. As an environmentally committed organization, we recycle all acid and metal waste.




Specifications

Primary Services

Adhesive Bonding
Diffusion Bonding
Laser Micro Machining
Photo Electroforming
Photo Etching

Specialty Processes

Differential Etching

Value-added Services

Embossing
Heat Treating
Kiss Cutting
Marking
Special Packaging
Plating
Welding
Assembly
Bonding

Material List

Alloy 42
Aluminum
Beryllium Copper
Brass
Carbon Steel
Copper
Inconel
Kapton™
Kovar
Lead
Magnetic Alloys
Molybdenum
Monel
Nickel
Nitinol Shape Memory
Phosphor Bronze
Silicon Steel
Spring Steel
Stainless Steel
Titanium
Zirconium and many more.

Part Thickness

0.0005" to 0.125"

Minimum Dimensional Tolerance

±0.0005"

Maximum Panel Size

28” x 68”

Tab Configurations

“V” Shaped Tabs
Straight Tabs

Laser Micro Machining Capabilities

Drilling
Laser Welding
Metal Cutting

Laser Center

Accuracy: +/- 1 micrometer
Repeatability: +/- 0.5 micrometer
Rotary stage capable of 6 arc second resolution and 15 arc second accuracy

Metal Cutting

Material Thickness: 0.001” to 0.075”
Rotary Tube Cutting Dimensions: 10” in length x 1.5” diameter
Smallest Kerf Width on Thin Gauge Material: 0.0025”
X – Y Travel: 18” x 18”

Laser Welding

Deep penetration, 90% overlap hermetic pulse seal welding
Spot welding as small as .005”

Drilling

10:1 hole-to-material thickness ratio capability

Software Used

Autodesk Inventor
COSMOS
Ansoft Maxwell 2D

Acceptable File Formats

DWG
DXF
IGES
JPEG
PDF

Certifications

AS 9100 Certified
Clean Room Accredited to FED-STD-209 Class 10,000 Standards
FDA Registered
PRI / NADCAP Certified

Applications

Air Bag Sensors
Carrier Screens
Electronics Connectors
EMI/RFI Shielding
Encoders (linear & rotary)
Extruding Die Screens
Faraday Shielding
Filtration
Fluid Channels
Fluid Controls
Fuel Cells
Haptics for Intraocular Lens
Hearing Aid Devices
Heat Exchangers
Implantables
Lancets
Mass Spectrometer Devices
Mesh & Sieving
Orifices
Pin Holes (leak test, pressure, etc)
Positional Devices
Printing Masks
Reconstructive Mesh
Sensor Components
Sensors
Shims
Sight Aid (eyes) Implantables
Spacers/Shims
Springs
Stators & Rotors
Stencils/Masks
Support Mesh/Screen
Switches
Targeting/Sights/Positionals

Industries Served

Automotive
Avionic/Space
Electronic
Fiber
Mechanical/Manufacturing
Medical
Printers
Scientific Controls

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