Hi, We have a customer that want us to produce a single sided 0.4 x 100 x 50 mm size RoHS pcba approx 1000 of them. The board only contains three 2.54mm pitch Non P.I.P, SMT-connectors. We have never produced such a thin pcb:s before. We are thinking of to make a panel, but our optimum panel size which is 265 mm in width (so they can fit in our existing cassettes) I think will not work, unless we use a palette. There is no problem for us to make a panel size who fit our needs, but what do You think about this?
Our line where we are going to produce these consist of; DEK-265, pass through the CP-6 and the placement will be at the UIC GSM1 and a BTU oven with a board support chain. Here comes the questions:
1.) Is it possible to make a panel with V-grove, small enough to run it. To me 0.4 mm bare board thicknes might be impossible, or should we just run the bare boards?
2.) If we go for a palette; how should we design this?
3.)I guess we need to have the board house to make 2 locator holes in the panel cut off area so we can locate the panel in the palette properly?
4.) If using a palette, I guess the panel can only be somewhat 0.3-0.35mm in depth of the palette, so the DEK stencil will not have any obstruction including any locator pins, nor get down during printing like a banana?
Please don't hesitate to get more info, if I have been unclear. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. /Sincerely, Ps. Sorry for my poor english and grammar. Ds.
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