PCB Solutions Includes New Flex and Rigid-Flex Circuit Boards in Their Product Line

After eight years of success, PCB Solutions is excited to announce the arrival of a new supplier, one that provides new Flex and Rigid-Flex circuit boards.
By: PCB Solutions
 
Aug. 19, 2009 - PRLog -- PCB Solutions is a distributor of high quality printed circuit boards, offering management and inspection services to their clients and working with suppliers that offer only state-of-the-art technology. As the printed circuit board industry has evolved, so has PCB Solutions and the suppliers they associate with.

After eight years of success, PCB Solutions is excited to announce the arrival of a new supplier, one that provides new Flex and Rigid-Flex circuit boards. This new technology has revolutionized the printed circuit board industry, allowing circuit boards to be shaped to fit where no other design can.

“We have a supplier that is very skilled at this type of product,” says Greg Engstrom, President and CEO of PCB Solutions, “but their main highlight is their USA representative who can help with design, pricing and manufacturability. They have great support and their materials are less expensive.”

Flex and Rigid-Flex PCBs are essentially hybrids of ordinary PCBs and round wires, exhibiting benefits of each type. Flex circuit boards give you freedom of packaging geometry while retaining the precision density and repeatability of printed circuit boards.

Types of Flex circuit boards include: Single-Layer, where one conductive layer is either bonded between two insulation layers or uncovered on one side; Double-Sided, where there are two conductive layers with an insulation layer between them, while the outer layers may have covers or exposed pads; and Multi-Layer, where there are three or more conductive layers with flexible insulating layers in between each one, while the outer layers may have covers or exposed pads.

Rigid-Flex is a specialized type of Flex circuit board, where two or more conductive layers with either flexible or rigid insulation materials serve as insulators between each one. The outer layers may have covers or exposed pads. Rigid-Flex has conductors on the rigid layers, which sets it apart from multi-layer circuits with stiffeners. Plated through-holes extend through both rigid and flexible layers.

Rigid-Flex normally costs more than a standard circuit with stiffeners. However, with PCB Solutions’ new supplier, that is no longer the standard. PCB Solutions’ supplier of Flex circuit boards uses specially designed Chinese-based material called Taliflex, which is much less expensive than the traditional Polyimide materials, but is equivalent in capability and durability. This new supplier’s skill level for building complicated products is also superior where many companies can only build 4-6 layer Flex boards, while this company can build up to 12 layers.

In just a few short years, PCB Solutions has become one of the leading distributors of printed circuit boards. With this new technology, PCB Solutions hopes to create an entire supply chain that can service their customers from design to delivery.

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As a distributor of quality printed circuit boards, our company strives to attain the highest standards of quality, reliability and on-time delivery and above all outstanding customer service through strong business relationships created throughout the world.
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