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Custom PCB Rework System Uses Beam Delivery
March 8, 2006 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. — BEST Inc.'s new C02 LASER PCB rework system has capabilities for precision marking, drilling, scoring, and organic material cleaning of PCB materials. It also defines new pads and traces to etch off solder-mask patterns to a few mils, and can cut polyimide into various shapes for customized wave-solder masking applications.
The LASER system's source is a 9.3-µm, C02 laser, galvanometer-based beam delivery system. It enables feature sizes down to 150 µm, and processes plastics, glass, wood, thin films, and other organic materials using AUTOCAD and other file types as templates.