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2023 · 04 · 24

Production & Packaging

FQC Engineering Team

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The introduction of material cutting process of printed circuit board

The material cutting process of PCB plays a crucial role in the entire manufacturing process.

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April 24, 2023

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Production & Packaging

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FQC Engineering Team

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The material cutting process of PCB plays a crucial role in the entire manufacturing process. Before material cutting, it is necessary to confirm the substrate specifications such as boar thickness and copper thickness, and manage the cutting tools. As the first step in the entire production process, the importance of material cutting is self-evident. If the materials are mistaken from the beginning, all subsequent processes will be in vain. More importantly, if it affects customer delivery time and causes customers to lose trust in us, it will cause serious damage to the company. For the material cutting, the size and flatness of the PCB material must be controlled strictly. During the cutting process, it is necessary to ensure the accuracy and stability of the cutting tool, and ensure the accuracy of the dimensions. In addition, it is important to pay attention to whether the surface of the PCB substrate is flat and free from unevenness or scratches. It is also important to control tools. The tools of material cutting used must be maintaned and repaired to ensure the high quality and quality. At the same time, the tools must be exchanged regularly and record the time and condition of changing the tool and other detail information. So that it can avoid the problem the errors and impairs because the tool quality. The records including the size cutting, tool mode, cutting process and etc. So it is convenient to staticstic and look up the cutting material and track the quality problems when the quality problem occour. Tool management is also very important. The cutting tools for cutting PCB substrates must undergo professional maintenance and upkeep to ensure their sharpness and quality. At the same time, it is also important to regularly replace tools and record detailed information such as the time and status of each tool change. This can effectively avoid cutting errors and damage caused by tool quality. Records include cutting dimensions, tool models, cutting progress, etc. This can facilitate the statistics and query of cutting conditions for subsequent quality tracking and problem handling. The MI requirements are also a crucial aspect. During the cutting process of PCB substrate, it is necessary to strictly follow the requirements of the detailed list. Material cutting of PCB is the first and very important step in PCB manufacturing. According to the requirements of the detailed list, cut the large-sized materials into small sizes suitable for internal processing, ensuring accurate size of the board and smooth surface, achieving high-quality and efficient cutting of PCB substrate, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent processing process.

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