Jake: This'll get you started:
1 Read the archives 2 primary approaches to paneling are;
* Moise bites * Singulation * Routing * Scoring * Shearing
3 Major depaneling technologies are:
* Singulation (Wand 708.459.2400fax2421, Circuit Technology 708.705.2140fax2141 John Bambule, Pioneer - Dietecs (508)-643-2297 Fax: 2295 Gerry Larson) * Routing (Cencorp 303.530.0891 bill stranathan 303.772.5933x227, 0Z0 Automation 800.366.0401 Chip Gill) * Scoring cutters (FKN Systek 781.642.6820 fax 6818, Radoll Designs 912.228.0200, CAB Technology Westfield, MA 978.392.3459 fax 3601)
3 Enough pluses and minuses to get things started are:
* Moise bites (+) boards can be irregularly shaped, no board redesign (-) no one knows how to seperate the things, requires layout consideration * Singulation (+) boards can be irregularly shaped (-) expensive machine, expensive nre, kinda noisey, requires layout consideration * Routing (+) can be as cheap as a Sears $50 router (-) expensive nre, very messy, noisey, requires layout consideration * Scoring cutters (+) cheap, requires little board space (-) requires rectangular board, tough to control in fabrication, saging during soldering can limit the number up in a panel * Shearing similar to scoring (+) cheap, requires little board space (-) requires rectangular board, requires large keepout
Ta
Dave F
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