Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 01 09:58:23 EST 2004 | dgjjr
We have been using unmounted stencils for 4 years. Easy to store and less expensive. Our stencil supplier gave us a pair of universal mounts for our printers. Watch the sharp edges. We haven't had any cuts but the potential is always there.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 20 10:15:13 EDT 2006 | wrongway
mid chip solder balls we had that trouble for awhile we went from a 8 mil thick stencil to 6 mil stencil and did some home plate style of cut outs in the stencil for the 1206 caps and resistors it seemed to fix our mid chip solder balls
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 29 14:42:54 EDT 2012 | jorge_quijano
Yes, I ordered this stencil, I checked the "cut" file vs the gerber before the stencil was made, and it matches. Attached is an overlap of the stencil over the original gerber. Regards
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 01 05:29:08 EST 2018 | Robl
That's the crux of it. We have volume and prototype lines & use a lot of stencils, so would be better for us just to get a stencil cutting machine for a similar price. However if we just did low volume /prototypes then we could make a case for it.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 25 11:56:33 EST 2020 | slthomas
I think I'd opt for a stencil with everything already cut and then tape it if that didn't screw up your stencil gasketing. Then you just have to define the process for adding the optional parts and you can decide to use those apertures or not.
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 09 21:46:22 EST 2021 | dwl
Totally agree with Evtimov. Let the SPI be the judge, as long as your getting good prints, your stencil is fine. I had a colleague cut the mesh on one side of a stencil and it still printed fine. This was proof to management that measuring tension w
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 09 01:06:54 EDT 2005 | vev
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Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 29 12:12:27 EST 2023 | proceng1
I think the laser etcher is the way to go. Practice on some obsolete stencils so you can determine the correct settings for the material.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 24 21:56:57 EST 2024 | fortunetech
You could also try something like a Radian desktop fiber laser as a smaller, low cost alternative to accurately and permanently engrave each stencil frame!
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 19 07:17:35 EST 2009 | mdavister
When I had to order ceramic (AL2O3, BeO, AlN) in the past, the fabricator always used a CO2 laser system for cutting holes and irregularities in the ceramic. Some companies that I have used that do ceramic cutting are: http://www.altinc.com/ http:/
