CELEBRATING OUR 4TH YEAR OF PUMANEWS™ |
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As I see it. . .
What's the most worn-out word used in business? "Change!"
Often used as a coverup term to explain things out of our control. But change is a real concept and can also mean refinement, and that term is absolutely authentic.
Continual change in a company - refinement - can mean perfecting the mix as people move in and out, as new products are added and others are shed. It's not a negative concept and it is in our control, and in our planning.
At Insulectro, we have been steadily growing through acquisition, broadened product lines, and the employment of broad-thinking teammates.
No longer one type; we are many types.
As we all grow and diversify - our differences unite us as our proven common goals and values guide us.
Patrick Redfern
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PCBAA, the Printed Circuit Board Association of America, welcomes their newest members: DuPont and Nano Dimension.
Existing members include AGY, Amphenol, Calumet, Insulectro, Isola, Summit Interconnect, TTM Technologies, Denkai America, MacDermid Alpha, Nano Dimension, Pacothane Technologies, Sanmina, Uyemura, and Rogers Corporation.
The Printed Circuit Board Association of America is a consortium of companies, representatives, and enthusiasts who are advocating for U.S. manufacture of printed circuit boards.
Insulectro is proud to support PCBAA's effort as a founding member.
We encourage you to not stand on the sidelines but get involved to support PCBAA's three main objectives:
- Support the Domestic Production of PCBs
- Enhance Domestic Supply Chain Security
- Advocate for Initiatives that Create Fair Market Conditions
This organization is your voice in Washington.
Visit PCBAA.org today to learn more about membership. See below for more information and a link to inquire about membership.
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PCBAA LEADERSHIP SPEAKS OUT |
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We Get Report Cards, too!
DuPont Chemistry & Insulectro Service Score 100% with Artazan
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ARTAZN® is a U.S. company with capabilities in zinc strip manufacturing and applied zinc products. It is headquartered in Greeneville, Tennessee with a manufacturing space of 350,000 square feet (32516 square meters) making it the largest North American producer of solid zinc strip and zinc-based products and one of the largest in the world.
ARTAZN has been producing zinc strip for over 130 years and processes roughly 10 million pounds of zinc every month. ARTAZN is one of the leading coin blank manufacturers with 300 billion coins released into circulation in more than 20 countries around the world. ARTAZN also supplies for customers in the automotive, architectural, building, cathodic protection and specialty industries.
Insulectro supplies ARTAZN plating products for Tin, Silver and Copper used in the coinage part of their business. Artazn makes the penny and dime blanks for the US Government as well as different coin blanks for other countries.
ARTAZN is ISO 9001:2015 certified and ensures high quality standards for its products.
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SALES & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT |
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Ken Parent Speaks Out!
Weathering the
Storms of Change
APRIL 2022
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Are you a person who embraces change in your life? The prospect of things changing around me keeps me motivated. The more things change, the more life remains the same in my mind.
Doing business with you today will not look the same in 1 year; nor, will it look the same as it did just a few short months ago. We must embrace the winds of change, control the change we can impact, and don’t let the things we cannot control hold us back. Are you taking advantage of the changes available to you to make your job more rewarding?
The price of oil, the “Great Resignation”, the skyrocketing cost of containers, the need to hire talent and the strong demand for electronics in an Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and innovative world - all challenges and opportunities. Our nation is defensively investing, and that requires tolerance for change … change is paramount.
I assure you we are looking ahead to continue bringing what is important to you as we expand our existing portfolio with new products and services.
I also believe a critical part of my role at Insulectro is to bring you things that we may see on our horizon, perhaps a brand-new technology or existing services, that may not be easy for you to access. We are working to find new ways to service our customers, your help is often at the core of these findings and always welcome.
Talk to us and let us know what you would like to see from Insulectro. I often get calls asking for things we do not currently provide, yet, it is these conversations that lead to success for both of us. Your input is appreciated.
This month, we brought a group of 14 of our newest Puma Teammates together in Lake Forest to share what we do and why we do it. Our customers and suppliers were a significant focus of why we do what we do during this gathering. The fresh thinking and the diverse backgrounds with these 14 new teammates is exciting. What was amazing is our vision and beliefs were reaffirmed.
These new teammates witnessed our spirit of Safety First, Building Trust, “GSD” Getting Stuff Done, Treating Teammates as Family, Having Fun, Leading Healthy Lives, Always Learning and experiencing these in realtime was a big part of this On-Boarding event.
These new teammates bring some great new ideas and talent to our business. They are already attracting new people and bringing solutions to help us be the easiest supplier for you to do business with.
Our commitment to you is to embrace the changes to make us better as we strive to provide you materials and services to build future circuits faster and win more business together. Have a great Springtime as we “weather the storms of change”!
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Ken Parent
Chief Operating Officer
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Missed 2022 IPC APEX EXPO?
Let Us Share What we Learned at IPC
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For those of you who were not able to attend IPC this year we are working hard to bring the best of IPC to you.
We have continued our 13.5-minute Power Chats by delivering them directly to you. Click on graphic to learn about our IPC 6-Pack Outreach program - in person or virtual.
We were fortunate to have come through IPC APEC 2022 with some great learnings, we want to share them with you.
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No One Is Alone!
Insulectro Teammates Leverage Resources
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Self-taught or learn from others? Everyone has their preference, but I truly believe expanding the breath of resources gives you the best opportunity to gain insight and maximize point of view and knowledge than trying to do it all on your own.
As an example, I started playing pickle ball (come on, it’s not just for retirees!) during the pandemic.
New courts were built by my house, my husband and I watched others play for a bit, I then ordered paddles from Amazon, watched a couple YouTube videos and started to play. A year later, I’m getting better, recruiting friends and family to play the fun sport, but I still can’t beat my husband. Ah ha, time for lessons. What better way to improve than go back to the basic skills, learn more fundamentals and strategy, practice, practice, meet new players and have fun.
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I relate my pickle ball experience to the recent Onboarding Event at the Insulectro Corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, CA that we hosted for the 14 Teammates who joined the company over the last couple years.
These teammates have all been working hard at their new jobs, spread across the country, doing their best to fit into our culture, work with the resources they had. Due to the Pandemic restrictions, they were at a disadvantage not able to meet key resources in person, not able to have the opportunity to build a face-to-face relationship across the cross functional teams, to see firsthand how each part of the organization fits together, to make those connections to lean on when needed.
Better late than never, this Onboarding event allowed for visibility of the company culture, hearing the personal stories, and learning the fundamental strategy of what makes Insulectro such a unique, special community of fellow Teammates serving the Electronics Industry.
Not only was it good for the newer teammates, but after twenty-three plus years with Insulectro, I was excited to build new relationships too, to share the “old stories” of the good times/the fun times, the history of our Supplier partners, the “Why” behind what we do, and also learn some new things myself.
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Always Learning, Always Teaching, we put this to practice at the Onboarding Event starting with an icebreaker that really helped us get to know one another and what is truly important to each individual.
The Product Management (with help from Geraldine Arseneau and Geoffrey Leeds) and Pricing Manager Charlie Kim (above), along with the other functional groups, provided training and overviews to the two breakout teams that will help build their network of Go To Resources, and gain a better understanding of how we all work together.
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Of course, the event wouldn’t be complete without having FUN together which included Hiking in the great outdoors, a pub crawl, and a full site Bar-b-que.
Stay tuned to a future article to see how the pickleball lessons help me finally beat my husband!
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Michelle Walsh
Vice President of Product Management
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Insulectro's Own: Michael Creeden CID+, Technical Director for Design Education, Laura Martin, Director of Technology, and Norm Berry, Director of Laminates & OEM Marketing.
Thank you for stopping by! April 12, 2022 - Boston.
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Geoff shouts: "Really Stick It to Low Loss"
Fluoropolymers:
When You Really Want To
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Pyralux® TK is a product that is in a class of its own. With a Fluoropolymer coating over a Kapton® base film, this flexible copper clad can enable low loss flex designs where the dielectric constant must be below 3.0!
By combining this copper clad product with other low loss DuPont adhesive systems, Pyralux® TK can be manufactured without the need for specialized lamination process steps.
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Inherent benefits to Pyralux® TK are due to the nature that Fluoropolymers bring the table. FEP, PTFE and other derivatives have superior moisture absorption properties lower than other flexible copper clad substrates.
This is critical for designs where signal integrity in high moisture environments must be controlled, and thus predictable. Pyralux® TK materials are far more bendable than a standard polyimide only substrate - which makes TK ideal for tight bend radii installations.
Pyralux® TK is available in balance and unbalanced construction cores. Certified to IPC 4203/13, UL 94V-0 and is RHOS compliant.
Feel free to reach out today to see how TK, and fluoropolymers can be used in your designs.
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Geoff Leeds
Product Manager, DuPont Flex Laminates
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PCBAA LEADERSHIP SPEAKS OUT |
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PRINTED ELECTRONICS INKS & PASTES,
SUBSTRATES & FILMS
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Kevin Miller Can See it!
Printed Electronics' Premier Trade Show Rocks Munich
April 2022
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INSULECTRO PE Team recently took a trip to Munich Germany to attend the LOPEC trade show at the Messe München conference center.
The show was exclusively focused on the printed electronic industry and functional flexible circuitry for a wide variety of industries including Medical, Automotive, Wearables, In-mold Electronics & Energy to name a few.
The focus themes of LOPEC 2022 were Mobility and Smart Living and is a first-class environment for meetings, conference and having discussions with manufacturers, consumer industries and research institutes.
Printed Electronics are conductive polymers and inks that can be printed onto Polyester, Polyimide, Polycarbonate, Foil, Paper, Glass, or Fabrics, across large areas and at low cost. Compared to conventional electronics, these electronic components offer a number of benefits:
- The result: innovative products such as touch sensors, flexible displays, solar cells, luminescent films and smart labels
We spent time at the DuPont's MCM & Teijin booth, and viewed many of the new technologies being introduced in the evolving industry. Walking through the exhibition, it was clear that a lot has been happened in the printed electronics industry in the last three years during Covid.
Flexible displays in cell phones, 3D touch surfaces in cars and household appliances have conquered these markets. It was wonderful meeting new suppliers, manufactures and seeing the latest innovative technologies the industry is working on and developing.
We also decided to visit some historic venues and share some laugh and stories with our key suppliers and customer at the Hofbräuhaus where we enjoyed authentic German brews, food and offer live entertainment.
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We look forward to supporting your future needs and material requirements. All customers have access to our custom converting services plus rapid delivery and as well as our in-house technical assistance.
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Please call INSULECTRO at 1-855-955-0200 with any questions regarding these product offerings or visit our E-Commerce site at the LINK BELOW.
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Kevin Miller
VP of Sales - Insulectro Printed Electronics
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Insulectro PumaNews™ will write, curate, and publish provocative articles on innovation, vision, and thought leadership in our industry spotlighting people who make a difference. |
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Current & Challenged
Meet Judy Warner
Owner & CEO
Impact Technology Marketing
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Judy Warner has held a unique variety of roles in the electronics industry for over 30 years. She has a background in PCB Manufacturing, RF and Microwave PCBs, and Contract Manufacturing, focusing on advanced technology applications.
Warner has also been a writer, guest blogger, and journalist for several industry publications such as Microwave Journal, PCB007 Magazine, PCB Design007, PCDF&A, and IEEE Microwave Magazine.
In 2017, Warner joined Altium as the Director of Community and Ecosystem Engagement. In addition to hosting the OnTrack Podcast and creating the OnTrack Newsletter, she developed and helped lead Altium's annual user conference, AltiumLive. Warner's passion is to educate, connect and inspire design engineers worldwide and bring the industry ecosystem together.
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Judy's take on the industry:
The Electronics Industry has never been so complex or so vital to every aspect of our daily lives as it is right now. From medical devices to automobiles, communication, and aerospace--electronics are ubiquitous in this modern era.
The pandemic and resulting global component shortages have woken up the entire world to this sobering reality and exposed our grave areas of vulnerability. After thirty years in this industry, I’ve had a front-row seat as the entire electronics ecosystem broke through seemingly impossible barriers time and time again.
However, this is a truly unique historical moment with no easy answers and insanely hard problems ahead as we move into 2022 and beyond--not the least of which is our broken supply chain and political unrest.
I expect we will see continued innovation in material science, packaging, additive manufacturing, smart factories, and much more. The importance of face-to-face events, collaboration, and just the common pleasure of being together were absolutely palpable at the recent DesignCon in Santa Clara, CA.
Whatever we do to move forward—I think we need more of that humanity and collaboration. This feels extremely productive and important to me. In short, there are no easy answers ahead, but new technologies continually emerge and I certainly wouldn’t bet against this industry and the people in it--even at this unprecedented time.
So, buckle your seatbelts kids, 2022-2023 are going to be a wild ride!
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Accounts Payable Manager
Wendell Eliasfarny
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Insulectro is pleased to announce that Wendell Eliasfarny has joined the Insulectro team as Accounts Payable Manager.
Wendell spent 22 years in the Navy with duties in logistics, as a Contracting officer, Expeditor, and was involved in everything to do with parts before changing his focus to Accounts payable. Wendell spent 11 years at The Tennis Channel as their Accounts Payable supervisor before finding Insulectro.
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Says Wendell: "My family is very important to me. My daughter is having a 1-year celebration of her marriage and it is a costume party. She has requested that I go as Gandalf the Grey (from Lord of the Rings) so I am growing out my beard and hair, so my other daughter can give me hair and beard extensions."
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Getting to Know the Central now Midwest (again)!
What does Central mean, well we picked Central because we were not sure what to call it. The area is in between the East Coast and West Coast, but Central does not actually fit well either after all the changes we made.
It was originally the Midwest which carried from Michigan angling down through Indiana to Texas and then angled back up to Wisconsin.
Then we added the Central which included Minnesota, Colorado, and Arizona. So at that point we were still between each coast and the name worked, but then we decided to throw in the Northwest which includes Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Central is not so fitting anymore.
The territory is focused based on the customer base locations and where we have Insulectro facilities that ties into those customers. We want to be close to you and also fit our teams together for as much continuity as possible.
Should the name be MidNorthCenWest, NwCenMid, PlainsMountainCenWest? If you have any thoughts on a good name please send me your ideas because I am open for help! And a winning name may warrant a good burger and a beer or three!
Take Care and see you next Month
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Trey Adams
Regional Vice President, Sales
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PRINTED ELECTRONICS INKS & PASTES,
SUBSTRATES & FILMS
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New DuPont Conductive Inks for Biomedical
Next Gen Silver/Silver Chloride Inks
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DuPont Microcircuit and Components Materials (MCM) continues to develop and bring to market new ink compositions with improved performances for current and new applications.
This month we want to highlight the latest Silver/Silver Chloride compositions (Ag/AgCl) commercialized for biomedical applications/devices, 5881 and 5882. Insulectro is excited to announce that we have available the next generation Ag/AgCl inks by DuPont MCM for electrochemical sensor technologies.
For several decades, the go-to Ag/AgCl inks have been 5874 and 5880. Although these inks continue to provide good performance, there is always room for improvements, resulting in more excellent capabilities to address today’s applications in the healthcare market. 5881 and 5882 are the two latest compositions available for the Bio-application segments.
These Ag/AgCl compositions are used as electrodes for amperometric sensors, potentiometric sensors, and iontophoretic drug delivery devices.
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Benefits of using of 5881 / *5882:
- Low electrode polarization
- High conductivity
- High coverage
- Excellent stability on contact with high-salt gels
- Excellent long-term printability
- Excellent manufacturing repeatability
- 5882- Excellent fine-line printing capability
- 5882- Prints with high thickness
Application uses for 5881 / 5882:
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Biopotential electrode sensors, including:
- ECG/EKG
- EMG
- EEG
- Electrical stimulation (TENS and EMS)
- Respiratory monitoring
- Blood gas sensors
More details on the two improved versions of 5880 Ag/AgCl Ink:
5881
- Replacement for 5880
- Has better ink stability (less agglomeration of the ink)
- Longer screen life
- Higher theoretical printed coverage
5882
- 5880-like ink for fine-line printing
- Higher thickness than 5881
- Good screen life and ink stability
See a comparison of the Ag/AgCl inks available below:
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Soon to come! A stretchable Ag/AgCl ink for the Wearables Medical Applications.
Contact us if you have any questions or want more information about DuPont materials for Bio-Medical devices. We look forward to providing you with the best-in-class service and product selection for your application needs.
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Angel Cartagena
Product Specialist
Insulectro Printed Electronics
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@Mike Creeden
Universal Intelligent Input Data
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Most of us have heard of “Intelligent Output Data.”
Most great ideas originate with unknown sources, then someone claims the innovation. However, I’ve read somewhere that there is nothing new under the sun. All that to say, I’ve been talking this idea around for several years and I’m sure the smartest person in the room actually created it and that’s not me. I just wanted to go on record as someone pushing the idea forward…
With the factory of the future someday to become a reality, we all strive to take steps in automation. One of these steps has been the creation and utilization of intelligent data, such as ODB++ or IPC-2581. To review a brief history of PCB tooling data formats, we originally used tape-ups and created photo artwork from these. I know because I’d come home at night with red and blue tape on my elbow sleeves. With the advent of EDA CAD tools, we transitioned in the 1960-70s to the creation of Gerber data RS-274D then RS-274X (with embedded apertures). We still use this data to this day as the most predominate tooling data supplied.
By the way, it is as dumb as a door handle. If you wish to add some intelligence to your gerber data, please supply an IPC-356 netlist! Gerber is nothing other than vector data with instructions to flash or draw at a given set of coordinates.
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Gerber File, 274X Vector Data with Embedded Aperture Information
The evolution continued with an attempt to create an intelligent data format with the following data formats: IPC-D-350, EDIF, GenCAM, ODB++, and IPC-2581. The intelligent nature of these data formats has continued to evolve, and it has many value points and a few warnings, such as do not pass on your company’s Intellectual Property (IP) with your manufacturing data.
With this brief descriptive and historical overview, I want to transition into the focus of this article and that is consideration for a “Universal Intelligent Input Data Format.” Most fabricators and assembly manufacturers have developed a “Capabilities Matrix,” showing the capabilities of their services to obtain an optimal yield. This capability matrix will convey different parameters that designers could utilize on their designs to improve reliability and yield when building at that shop.
These typically fall into certain producibility levels as IPC has detailed.
IPC Producibility Levels: (Per IPC-2221 1.6.3)
- Level A: General Design Producibility – Preferred
- Level B: Moderate Design Producibility – Standard
- Level C: Least Design Producibility – Reduced
A producibility level is not to be interpreted as a design requirement, but rather as a method of communicating the degree of difficulty some design features have compared to the manufacturing (fabrication/assembly) capabilities. Each feature size can factor into materials used and processes utilized as these also must include tolerance allowances. These are to be used as a guide to make a robust product.
What so often occurs is the investigation to see how my gerber data looks after the layout is complete and the project is late. At this point, any corrective action seldom occurs and a low producibility level is accepted. The use of one level for a specific feature does not mean other features all fall into the same level.
Producibility level does not occur for the layout as a whole, rather what happens is each feature size is examined as a standalone entity such as the via or trace parameters. You could have a highly producible trace width, but a low producible via/drill/plating.
As you comprehend this Catch-22 problem with its complex set of parameters, we need to look to a solution. The solution could be for each fabricator to be able to create a Universal Intelligent Input Data Format that can be loaded into any CAD tool.
This would aid in the rules and constraints definition that each design must comply to. This should be used to set minimum parameters, optimal, and robust design features as allowed by the optimal manufacturing producibility levels.
This should always be met with the observation of the capabilities of the supply chain that will build your product in production quantities. As stated in past Puma articles all boards will be built in prototype quantities at a high-tech proto-type shop and some may transition into another production shop that may have another set of producibility levels. Thus, always design for production metrics not prototype shop capabilities.
Over the years as I’ve shared this idea in the industry to EDA CEOs and to fabrication technologists. I’ve often heard a dismissive response, “Oh yeah, we’re working on this with so and so.” The unfortunate outcome of this capitalistic approach to innovate and monopolize, is that the intent of this becoming a universal format goes nowhere.
It becomes a proprietary feature, and it never gains the industry acceptance that would benefit the industry as a whole. ODB++ in its early days taught us this when it was a neutral data format, and it established its industry acceptance.
In conclusion, my hope is we keep talking about this idea and that it gains traction, acceptance and demand is created with the hope of becoming an industry standard. I just wanted to go on record as someone pushing the idea forward…
As we present our products and services to you and your company, we want you to know Insulectro’s Design Education Program is eager to freely support signal-integrity reviews of design circuits prior to fabrication. Also, we are ready and eager to create one or several training sessions for the OEM or your fabrication team.
These will be tailored to meet the exact needs of the audience, brought by a technically appropriate presenter, with specific content to further your team’s success and provide that edge to meet the needs of advancing technology trends.
Contact any of our Technical Account Managers or call any of our branch offices to schedule your Virtual Training Session soon.
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I want to take this opportunity to again introduce Laura Martin as Director of Technology at Insulectro. She comes to us from Lockheed Martin where she served as a subject matter expert in PCB producibility and excellence. See last month's PumaNews™ for an extensive announcment about her background and qualifications.
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Reminding you to make technically appropriate material decisions and to get the best use of the best material.
Stay safe, happy, and healthy!
Mike Creeden CID+ MIT
Technical Director, Insulectro Design & Education
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Always Learning, Always Teaching
Accomplishing Change Together
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Networking has proven to bring opportunity over and over again.
Relationships, old and new open doors and solidify my belief that I can always learn something new…and people are very interested in learning and helping each other.
In my few, swift weeks at Insulectro, I have benefited from realizing I can count on people I have known for years. I have also enjoyed the new relationships I have formed since being part of the Puma Team. I appreciate you being part of my network and I am inspired by how much change we will accomplish together.
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Laura Martin
Director of Technology
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PCBAA LEADERSHIP SPEAKS OUT |
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Chris Hunrath on Future Tech
DuPont™ Kapton®
the K4 Line & Beyond
APRIL 2022
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Most of us in the business know that Pyralux® AP has Kapton® polyimide in the core.
Kapton® polyimide film has been the basis for flexible PCB’s and the layers that make them up for decades. It has great signal characteristics while surviving high temperature and cryogenic environments.
Add to that radiation resistance and it’s the perfect material for space applications.
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But Kapton® is much more than Pyralux®. Transformers, motors, heat shields (think or the James Webb Telescope) and even emergency escape gear all benefit from Kapton®’s high temperature resistance, dielectric strength, and flexibility.
[LEFT: Chris Hunrath & 16-foot Mars Rover Flex PCB]
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Kapton® comes in many varieties. It can be bonded with other films, mixed with fillers for thermal or electrical conductivity and bond/print treated.
[RIGHT: DuPont™ Kapton® Polyimide smoke hood.]
We are passionate at Insulectro about enabling our customers to do more. It’s key to our mutual success.
Hope to see you throughout this year.
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Chris Hunrath
Vice President of Technology & Vice President of Sales - Western Region
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Welcome to the March Edition of Insulectro PumaNews™ Magazine
East Coast Edition!
I recently returned from the city of Toronto. This trip marked a special occasion.
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Our Insulectro teammate Philippe Yee retired on April 1, 2022.
Philippe Yee served our industry for over 40 years. Philippe has plenty to do in retirement and is especially fond of gardening around his home. We enjoyed a great dinner and had some belly laughs about his exploits over many years.
We wish Philippe the very best for a long, healthy, and happy retirement!
Congrats Philippe and thank you for your service in the industry.
While in Canada I was able to visit our new warehouse in Toronto.
I am very proud of this investment Insulectro has made to Canada.
It serves as our commitment to this market and to our customers.
We are located at:
237 Unit 1
Finchdene Square
Scarborough Ontario M1X 2E1
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Please come by anytime to visit and see the new place and say hello to Rudy Chavarria, our newest Insulectro teammate. Rudy will manage the day-to-day operations and GSD getting our customers what they need.
Michael Currie will manage the sales for Canada along with my support and of course our amazing inside sales team professionals Lorrie Stearns, Cheryl Woodbury, and Linda Nelson.
I must mention Bob Lee, Insulectro Technical Account Manager will hang his hat here in Toronto on occasions as our Printed Electronics business is growing in North America.
Thank you for reading!
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Ron Murdock
Director of Sales - Eastern Region/ Canada
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PCBAA LEADERSHIP SPEAKS OUT |
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Santa Clara, CA
Isola's Strong Showing at 2022 DesignCon
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DesignCon is the premier high-speed communications and system design conference, offering industry-critical engineering education in the heart of electronics innovation — Silicon Valley.
Isola Group, an innovative developer and supplier of top-quality printed circuit boards (PCB) materials, exhibited at the DesignCon 2022 expo and conference.
The event, was held April 5-7, 2022, at the Santa Clara Convention Center (Santa Clara, CA), provided visitors with the chance to learn more about Isola’s reliable, high-performance circuit materials and how they can form the foundations for miniature circuit solutions engineered for the most efficient and practical manufacturing processes.
The show highlighted the latest, fastest-growing markets in electronics, including Fifth Generation (5G) wireless cellular communications with a growing demand for circuit materials for 5G infrastructure equipment and mobile devices.
Isola shared its insights on its premium circuit materials for high-speed-digital (HSD) and RF/microwave (RF/MW) circuits. HSD circuit materials include I-Speed®, I-Tera® MT40, Tachyon® 100G, and, for those developing low-loss, halogen-free circuits, the new high-speed TerraGreen® 400G laminates, and prepregs, for designs requiring high-level SI performance to 100 Gb/s and beyond. Circuit materials for high-frequency RF/MW circuits include Astra® MT77, I-Tera® MT40 (RF/MW), and IS680/IS680 AG laminates.
Standard TerraGreen® circuit materials provide a halogen-free choice for many general-purpose circuits while TerraGreen® 400G (RF/MW) circuit materials offer the halogen-free option at RF, microwave, and higher frequencies. These extremely low-loss circuit materials support circuits in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency range, to 110 GHz.
Since the challenging combination of high circuit density and miniaturization is a growing trend for HSD and RF/MW circuits, visitors to the Isola booth learned how to combine both types of circuits into compact hybrid PCBs that support multiple-signal operation with multiple-material solutions.
Attendees enjoyed an improved understanding of the different circuit materials needed for modern electronic products requiring both HSD and RF/MW circuits, and how the compatibility of essential material characteristics, such as coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), can enable the reliable, long-term coexistence of different circuit materials on a hybrid PCB. High-frequency circuit materials such as Astra® MT77 and I-Tera® MT40 are also FR-4 process compatible for ease of hybrid circuit fabrication.
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About Isola
Isola is a leading global material sciences company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets laminate materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards, which provide the physical platforms for the semiconductors, passive components, and connection circuitry that power and control virtually all modern electronic products. Isola operates a network of factories worldwide.
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Norm Berry
Director, Laminates & OEM Marketing
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News from the DuPont Chemistry Desk
A Different Way to Think About
Filling Microvias, the Insulectro Solution
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As a follow-up to my article last month, I’ve had several conversations with fabricators about changing their methodology filling microvias. Along with my colleagues, we’ve established an INSULECTRO SOLUTION to filling vias without planarization. And, INSULECTRO can provide all the critical components for the process to give our fabricator customers the option to pattern or panel plate for via fill.
Here’s how INSULECTRO can provide you a full solution, without the need for planarization:
Panel Plate
- 6-micron copper foil
- Aluminum supported
- DuPont™ MICROFILL™ LVF-III
- Minimize surface plating to less than 0.8 mil
- DuPont™ RISTON® DI3038
- Tent and etch application
- Develop
- DuPont™ ReSolve™ 211
- Etch
- DuPont™ CuOx™ 310 (Cupric Etch)
- Resist Strip
- DuPont™ SURFACESTRIP™ 419
Pattern Plate
- 1.5 - or 3.0-micron copper foil
- With peel Carrier
- DuPont™ RISTON® DI5125
- No interference from the Leveler component of the chemistry
- DuPont™ MICROFILL™ LVF-III
- Plate vias, circuits and through holes
- Resist Strip
- DuPont™ SURFACESTRIP™ 419
- Etch
- Alkaline Etch
- Tin Strip
- DuPont™ ENVIROSTRIP™ 765N
Either of these options are very much tied to equipment setup, process parameters and the design of the build. INSULECTRO and DuPont have a team of process and design experts that can tailor a process to meet fabricator’s needs. At the end of the day, INSULECTRO is your resource to BUILD BETTER CIRCUIT, FASTER, and offer a full line of products from our WORLD CLASS suppliers to envision a different, customized approach to filling microvias reliably.
If you are looking for a different way to fill microvias, whether in pattern or panel plate mode, and want to BUILD BETTER CIRCUITS, FASTER, contact me or your local Technical Account Manager to schedule an INSULECTRO technology presentation.
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Paul Welter
Product Manager - Chemistry
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At-A-Glance
The DuPont Chemistry Line
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With the acquisition of East Coast Electronic Material Supply (ECEMS) in late March, Insulectro has brought another best-in-class product line to our customers. The addition of the DuPont Electronics Imaging & Interconnect Solutions (ICS) chemistry line, which was legacy Dow Chemicals before the Dow-DuPont merger, adds a complimentary piece to an already robust Insulectro product offering.
DuPont ICS is innovating new metallization technologies across many platforms:
Electroplating Applications
HDI
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Microfill™ EVF-III for advanced via filling and through-hole plating
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Microfill™ LVF-IV for next generation SLP applications
MLB
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Copper Gleam™ PPR-II for high aspect ratio pulse plating
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Electroposit™ EP-1600 for high aspect ratio DC plating
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Copper Gleam™ HS-200 for horizontal DC plating in FPC applications
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Copper Gleam™ ST-920 for DC vertical continuous plating (VCP)
IC Package Substrate
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Microfill™ SFP-II & Microfill™ LVF-IV for advanced SAP applications
Making Holes Conductive
Electroless Copper Solutions:
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Circuposit™ 3350-1 Vertical Electroless Copper
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Circuposit™ 4000 Horizontal electroless copper for FPC/RFPC
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Circuposit™ 6700 Horizontal Ionic Catalyst for Advanced HDI applications
Direct Metallization Solutions:
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Next Generation Crimson™ & Conductron™ palladium-based systems
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Next Generation Graphite 2000™ carbon-based system
ENIG:
Duraposit™ SMT-88 & Aurolectroless™ SMT 520
Process Chemistries:
DuPont offers a full line of cleaners, developers, strippers and other ancillary products to support printed circuit applications.
General Metal Finishing:
Full line engineering, decorative and precious metal offerings
As you can see, through this addition of the DuPont ICS chemistry line, Insulectro is now providing chemistry and technical support to the general metal finishing, plating-on-plastics, and wire plating industries, which we see as an area of growth.
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Chemicals & Controllers
Focus Tech Chemicals
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Insulectro continues to offer Focus Tech processing chemistry for you PCB processing needs.
Products Offered
- Dryfilm Developing Chemistry
- Dryfilm Stripping Chemistry
- Tin Stripping
- Alternative Oxide
- Equipment Cleaners
- Waste Treatment Chemistry
- Plus, a variety of Process Chemistries
Control Equipment
Focus Tech offers chemistry control equipment to help manage the different chemical processes in the manufacturing process.
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Specific gravity controller
- Conductivity Controller
- Colorimeter controller
- Cupric Etch Controller
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Custom controllers with availability to connect to TrueChem software
Jeff Johnson
Product Manager - Dryfilm/Chemistry/Paste & FAE
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We know the drill!
Two of our teammates spent the week with our Northern California customers. Our "drill room experts" Paul St John and Geraldine Arseneau visited Bay Area fabricator drill rooms.
While laser drilled blind vias are quite common now, mechanical drilling is here to stay. Our team works to find ways to get the best quality and throughput. This was also a great opportunity to share decades of experience. These are done best on site.
As things continue open up, we hope to do more of this. How can we help your team?
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Chris Hunrath
Vice President of Technology &
Vice President of Sales - Western Region
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PRINTED ELECTRONICS INKS & PASTES,
ADVANCED SUBSTRATES & FILMS
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Advanced Substrates
DuPont's Superstar Polyimide: Kapton®
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Insulectro is well known as the largest supplier of materials used to manufacture printed circuit boards.
This includes our rapidly growing substrate division making Insulectro your one-stop shop for printed electronics.
In addition to being a first in class supplier, product specialists at Insulectro have in-depth product knowledge offering process consultations and onsite training to ensure the very best products are selected for each critical need. Insulectro readily stocks an ever-growing assortment of substrates and this month we are highlighting DuPont™ Kapton® Polyimide.
DuPont™ Kapton® is a lightweight, flexible polyimide film that has excellent heat and chemical resistant properties. Polyimide films are used in applications where reliable, durable performance is required, often at elevated temperatures.
Its impressive versatility and thermal range allow for applications we might take for granted—everything from smart phones and spacesuits to cryogenics and extreme vacuum environments. Among its countless applications in industries worldwide, it thermally insulates, can withstand extreme vibration, and protects against extreme heat and cold, chemicals, and radiation making it perfect for wire wrapping applications in extreme environments.
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COUNT ON KAPTON® FILMS FOR
- Extreme temperature resistance
- Excellent dielectric strength
- Thermal conductivity
- Dimensional stability
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Jeff Crawford
Advanced Substrate Specialist
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OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
WORLD-CLASS MANUFACTURING
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Just-in-Time Customer Service
Au Canada! Up & Running in Our New Toronto Branch
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Insulectro’s Corporate Purpose of “Enabling Our Customers to Build Better Circuits, Faster” aligns to the heart of the World Class Manufacturing pillar of JIT (Just-In-Time) Customer Service.
As the largest distributor of PCB materials in North America, our reach extends across the Continent. Our commitment to supporting both the U.S. market and our Canadian PCB fabricator customers is stronger than ever. To solidify our support to our Canadian customers, I’m proud to share that we are officially up and running this month at our new Insulectro operated facility in Toronto!
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The plan has been in the works for well over 6 months now, and with an 11,000 square foot facility secured through the efforts and relationships of Geraldine Arseneau from our Commercial team, we are now beginning to support customer orders out of our new location (237 Finchdene Square Unit #1, Scarborough, ON).
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Leading the start-up project has been Mike Plouffe (on the right), our East Region Operations manager. Mike has done a great job (working nights and weekends, enduring several long border crossings, and powering through with his new favorite, Tim Horton's coffee!) coordinating personnel, equipment, racking, and supplies, as well as the under-roof construction, to get us to the point of launch. Thank you Mike for your commitment to get up and running on schedule and your passion for making this a seamless transition for our customers!
We’re also thrilled to have Rudy Chavarria onboard as our Warehouse Leader for the new facility, who comes to us with many years of operational execution and leadership experience, and already is demonstrating the GSD mentality. Welcome Rudy to the Puma family!
Also assisting with our site readiness and training have been Robert Graham (Operations & Training Coordinator) and David Klebba (Director, Safety, Training, and Quality) from our Lake Forest offices. Both Rob and Dave were committed to spending a week at the new site to help onboard Rudy, enabling our systems to properly function, and ensuring that our assets and infrastructure meet our World Class Manufacturing health and safety expectations. Thanks Rob and Dave for dedication and assistance!
Thanks also to Kathy Linares (VP, IT) and Aun Qadir and Steve Lai (IT Network Services) for moving “Puma FAST” to ensure we were ready to go from a systems standpoint! It’s not the IT team’s first rodeo on GSD’ing for new sites, and as usual, they accomplished a great deal of work in a very short time span!
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Insulectro’s Canada Operation is open for business; and more importantly, is equipped with our World Class Operational model at its core: Engaged People, Working Safely, Living Our Values & Corporate Purpose of enabling our Customers to build their best boards, FASTER!
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Jason Shuppert
Vice President of Operations
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Last month I talked about a strong growth trend in southern California and that is continuing in both the rigid and rigid-flex markets.
There are some pockets of slowness that we haven’t seen in awhile but nothing to get excited about…yet.
We color code our sales dashboard for customers and product lines – red, yellow and green and there is a lot of green on the there still.
Hot trends continuing through Q1 are Isola high-speed digital and RF products (up 42% for the year), ultra-thin copper foil and specialty dry films for sub 1.5mil L/S.
Also, we hosted our equipment service team in OC a few weeks ago. It’s refreshing to present customers with a totally different offering than we’ve ever had before and the response has been overwhelming.
At almost every shop, we visited our team was able to support some kind of need and will be coming back to perform those services soon.
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Sean Redfern
Technical Account Manager - Southern California
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A Super Matchup!
Make Your InduBond® Press
Sit Up & Take Notice
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Bacon and eggs. Black and tan. Mac and cheese. Bert and Ernie. InduBond® and Copper-Steel-Copper!
Bonded Copper foil including VLP profiles onto a Steel carrier ensures that not only the low-profile topography is protected but the surface is clean, free from causing signal integrity defects as all FOUR edges are sealed. It's a star performer in an InduBond® press!
Carrier foil is available from 1µm up to 5µm, now CSC bridges that gap offering foils from 6µm to 140µm.
CSC is available in 8 mil which has twice the image transfer resistance as 15 mil aluminum AND can replace up to SEVEN standard 62 mil steel separators. Those separators not only cause circuit surface imperfections impacting trace lines but reduce stack height allowing more panels per lamination cycle.
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I've got a lot to tell you about this matchup!
Mark Satchwell
Product Manager, Foil & CAC®
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It's All About the Chemistry!
Focus Tech Resist Strippers
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Improve your resist stripping process. |
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No matter which dryfilm you use, you eventually need to remove it. This process is often taken for granted and customers accept stained inner layers and partially trapped resist on outer layers that they have to rework.
Insulectro provides a complete line of resist strip chemistries designed to accomplish many different tasks.
Here are a list of some key attributes.
- Increase stripping speed
- Low VOC formulations
- Reduce process costs
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Improve process control - with the addition of a controller systems
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Eliminate stains on inner layers – Reduce false AOI callouts
- Reduce trapped resist on outer layers
- Reduce tin attack on outer layers
Please contact Jeff Johnson at 720-260-3696, or your local Insulectro TAM.
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Jeff Johnson
Product Manager - Dryfilm & Chemistry
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The People
Behind the Puma
Meet Michael Kee Hong
Pricing Analyst
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BIO
I was born and raised in good old California. I went to Cerritos High school and was in varsity football, swimming, and track & field. After graduating high school and a spending a year in the University of Utah, I served a two-year mission in South Korea.
I then transferred Cal State Fullerton where I earned my undergraduate degree in accounting. While in college I worked as a server at Knott's Berry Farm.
After graduating from college, I went to South Korea to work as a middle school English teacher. I then came back to the states and became a financial statement auditor with a public accounting firm called KSJG.
After working in public accounting for a couple of years, I came across a wonderful company called Insulectro where I spent about seven years doing accounting. I then finally transferred to the dark side where I do pricing with Charlie and Adriana.
I have been married for almost 11 years now and I have a daughter and son. I happily reside in Foothill Ranch, CA, and love walking and riding my bike to work.
Michael's the thoughtful, quiet sort. . .
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When you were child, what was the first job you wanted to have when you grew up?
I wanted to be a paleontologist.
Name a couple of childhood nicknames?
I really didn’t have any childhood nicknames.
What are your three greatest strengths?
I would say that my strengths include my creativity, patience, and my insatiable hunger.
If your wife could change one thing about you, what would it be?
She would want me to be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
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What’s the most rewarding DIY project you have done?
When I successfully made pulled pork.
How would your teammates describe you?
Most likely they would describe me as being quiet.
Are you more at home in jeans, a suit, or yoga pants, and why?
Can I say that I’m more at home when I’m wearing shorts? I like my legs to be free.
Tell us about your hobbies?
I don’t really have any hobbies right now other than enjoying my time with my family, collecting Hot Wheels and riding my bike.
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Latest Netflix® binge?
I don’t have Netflix but I do have Apple TV+ and I just finished watching Severance. It’s the best show ever. I highly recommend that everyone watch it.
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Last book read?
The Alchmeist by Paulo Coelho
Great weekend for you is?
Right now, a great extended weekend would be riding my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Best car you had you miss?
I miss my old Acura RXS Type S.
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What’s your dream vehicle?
Honda S2000
What’s biggest regret you ever had?
Not buying a Honda S2000 before I got married.
If you could go anywhere in the universe where would you go first, and why?
I would go to farthest planet with intelligent life. I’ve always had a fascination with space and alien life, and I’ve always wondered what it would be like to visit another planet with intelligent life.
What’s your beverage of choice?
My beverage of choice would be a nice cold root beer float.
If a distant uncle left you $15 million what are the first three things you would do?
I would quit my job, retire, and take a nap.
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If they were making a movie about you, what actor would be play you?
Of course, it would be Simu Liu.
In the owner’s manual for Michael, what are the first three things on the CAUTION page?
Spontaneous, picky, and indecisive
How would you like to be remembered?
I would like to be remembered as a good husband, father, and son.
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Contact your Insulectro or Isola sales representative for more information.
Norm Berry
Director of Laminates & OEM Marketing
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Join our
Puma Team!
Help us define the future of Printed Circuit Boards and Printed Electronics!
Join our Puma team and be a part of our growth.
Business Development
Operations
Pricing
Production
Warehouse
Others
Click on the ad (left) to see various positions we are recruiting.
As advertised in i-connect007's PCB Magazine
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Click-Out our
Pyralux® Flexible Laminates Selector Guide. . .
(click on product name)
The standard copper clad laminate systems for any flex or rigid flex designs.
The standard copper clad laminate systems for any flex or rigid flex designs.
Single sided flex copper clad substrate
Standard acrylic adhesives for building multi-layer flex designs. Offered as coverlay, sheet adhesives and bondplys.
Standard acrylic adhesives for building multi-layer flex designs. Offered as coverlay, sheet adhesives and bondplys.
An epoxy-based adhesive system demonstrating both low loss and high reliability, specifically designed for OEMs and PCB design manufacturers. Offered as coverlay and sheet adhesive.
High temperature flexible adhesive system with an MOT of 225C.
Teflon®/Laminate system offered as a clad laminate or bondply. Ideal for RF designs.
Embedded resistance double sided laminate
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Geoffrey Leeds
Flex Product Manager
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It's Not Too Late!
Past OEM FORUMS Available for Viewing
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MOST OF OUR OEM FORUMS available for viewing
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QUALITY CONCERNS
JUNE 24, 2021
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Pacothane's TRIPAK
Pressure Equalization Pads
to Assist Lamination
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PACOTHANE TECHNOLOGIES is the world's leading manufacturer of products to enhance and assist the production and quality assurance process for the lamination and manufacture of printed circuit boards [PCB].
TRIPAK – PRESSURE EQUALIZATION PRESS PADS FOR LAMINATION OF FLEXIBLE AND MULTILAYER CIRCUIT BOARDS
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Single-ply handling - TRIPAK is a 3-ply construction with a custom-engineered Press Pad sandwiched between two layers of PACOTHANE Release Film. This guarantees quick and clean release from Separator and Tooling Plate surfaces.
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Static-free, clean and essentially fiber-free - (cellulose fibers are "sealed" in between the two layers of PACOTHANE Release Film).
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Optimized surfaces for automated handling Equipment.
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Operating temperature - of 425°F (218° C).
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Control of Heat Rise - TRIPAK is specifically engineered with extremely exacting and tight Weight, Thickness, and Moisture parameters to guarantee repeatable Heat Rise through multiple press cycles.
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Low Operating Cost - TRIPAK saves costs by reducing lay-up time and inventory cost. TRIPAK can be re-used as a heat lagging material for up to three total uses. This can be an advantage when multiple pads are being used in each stack or when other lagging is being added on top and bottom of the stack such as Kraft or commodity pads.
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Excellent Pressure Equalization - TRIPAK is designed to be soft and Compressible to accommodate and equalize macro-pressure imbalance across the panel surface. Paco TRIPAK does not have any additives that affect the heat rise; therefore Paco TRIPAK offers a more consistent heat rise than the competitive pad.
PACOTHANE TECHNOLOGIES Proudly Produced in the USA with American Labor and American Materials.
For all your needs and challenges in lamination, give us a call! With our broad product offering, we have the solutions you need. We like to make your life easier!
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Geraldine Arseneau
Product Manager - Pacothane® Products
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And, don't forget, recently published Pacothane® Product Sample Guide available. Contact me for details. |
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Geraldine Arseneau
Product Manager - LCOA®
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CAC® Inc
Superior surface quality,
supporting thinner foils
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Remove those hard to clean, defect causing and throughput limiting separator plates.
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Reduce stack height - More panels per book per opening, CSC 7.5x thinner than separators
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Eliminate surface defects as the factory finish copper surface and profile is protected
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Production Efficiency gains by reducing the overall mass to heat AND cool in a cycle
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Layup Efficiency – No separators to clean, resurface or polish - labor intensive & costly
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Consistency in press stack mass CTE to copper & prepreg with CSC
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Increase quality assurance as image impressions and FOD concerns are minimized
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For additional information, samples, or data sheet, please contact me.
Mark Satchwell
Product Manager, Foil & CAC®
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Drills, Routers, Endmills!
Let Kemmer Improve Your Board Quality
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The PCB industry has seen a significant increase in the need for endmills. Insulectro’s Kemmer line has a complete product offering of single, two, three and four flute designs for various applications and material types. Currently stocking endmills from .50mm to 1/8”.
Kemmer Tech-Centers are continuously reviewing endmill designs and carbides, through a series of tests to ensure that we meet the increasing quality requirements of all material types and applications.
Please contact your local Insulectro branch for additional product information and availability.
Geraldine Arseneau
Product Manager - Drill & Business Development - Canada
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Design Education - An Insulectro Priority
Insulectro Sponsors New Design Trade Association
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Printed Circuit Engineering Association™ (PCEA) is an international network of engineers, designers, fabricators, assemblers, and anyone related to printed circuit development.
Our mission is to promote printed circuit engineering as a profession by encouraging and facilitating the exchange of information and the integration of new design concepts through communications, seminars, and workshops.
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If you are a professional serving in the printed circuit industry from any associated discipline, you are encouraged to join. Membership is free and you’re encouraged to be involved as we all seek to collaborate, educate and inspire one another. Visit the web-site at: www.pce-a.org
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As advertised in i-Connect 007's PCB Magazine.
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INSULECTRO'S COPPER & COPPER FOIL OFFERINGS |
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The Right Materials, The Right Equipment
Technology Partners for Today’s Challenges
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CAC Inc® – Superior surface quality, supporting thinner & smoother foils, domestically produced.
InduBond® - High temp, green tech lamination press.
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CAC Inc supports the lamination press and press stack with Copper Steel Copper.
Using copper bonded to an 8-mil thick steel as an alternative to loose copper and a 60-mil separator in the stack supports throughput advancement and improved thermal profile performance during the lamination cycle. The in-elastic nature of the bond allows for a seamless release during the cycle, easily separating the panels during the breakdown process.
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Reduce stack height as CSC is 7.5 times thinner than traditional 60-mil separator plates
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Eliminate surface defects as the factory finish copper surface & profile is protected during layup
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Mitigate image transfer issues as 8-mil steel >2X effective than 15-mil aluminum
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Layup Efficiency – Single operator handling, reduces # separators to clean, resurface & polish
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Consistency in press stack mass - CTE of copper & prepreg panels to that of the 8 mil steel.
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Production Efficiency gains by reducing the overall mass to heat (low inertia) AND cool in a cycle
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Increase quality assurance as image impressions and FOD concerns are minimized
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Replace most of the 60-mil separators with SC tops, CSC middles, and CS bottom panels
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Ergonomic benefits of using 8-mil CSC compared to 60-mil separators in press stack weight.
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Lamination Press: Indubond® X-Press 360
The X-Press 360 is a high temperature induction heating lamination press, capable of 850° F (454° C) and suitable for fusion bonding without the need for an expense autoclave.
A single or double opening construction is available, its revolutionary heating technology ensures all the panels are individually exposed to the SAME heat, vacuum and pressure throughput the press stack. Achieving high quality, reliable and repeatable production performance.
- Uniformed distribution of thermal energy created via induction heating from an electromagnetic field
- Thermal energy is homogeneously dispensed in X, Y & Z axis of the press stack
- No thermal lag and the panels see a tight thermal distribution for optimal flow and fill rates.
- Real-Time temperature readings and self-regulating (closed loop) controls via Thermocouple panel
- Resin recipes can be loaded per the manufacture’s best practice for lamination consistency
- Supports panels up to 24” x 30” using the InduBond caul plate, the standard is 20” x 26” (pin-less)
- Suitable for Pin-lessor pinned press stacks
- Clean room suitable – No off gassing nor radiant heat
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30% - 70% less energy compared to a traditional hot oil lamination press, 30< KW/h on average
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Similar to a traditional press the physical opening can be fully utilized, to improve RoR and cooling of up to a 30-panel stack height utilizing a CSC construction. The press stack can be modified based on panel thickness, thermal profile, and overall stack mass.
The InduBond® X-Press 360 enhances the lamination department, by improving the natural flow of the prepregs glass to resin composition for best linear movements of all layers. Improving flow and fill rates will reduce panel deformation.
With CSC and either a single or double opening InduBond press as pictured supporting pin or pinless registration enables you to target those high technology designs and printed circuit boards.
OEMs demand performance, fabricator’s look for support.
Insulectro provides options!
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For further assistance, connect with me by email, phone, or in person!
Mark Satchwell
Product Manager, Foil & CAC®
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Fine-tuning Operations
Is Trying to “Stretch” the Most Out of Your Consumables Hurting You?
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Shur-loc, IBC Brush and Equipment Service are being recognized by customers as key contributing factors in Insulectro helping them to increase their departments efficiencies in areas of their facility.
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“Being consistent on your mesh tension helps in keeping ink coverage consistent which ensures process reliability.” |
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Call your local account manager for a system quote to see how quickly your return on investment will be!
The stretcher can easily be mounted to any work table and then removed and hung on the wall if needed to conserve workspace.
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Going Beyond
the Tool Case
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Please contact us for a brush quote and see how our Equipment Services can be tied in to optimize your machine’s performance! |
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If you did happen to catch the “5 Reasons to Call Insulectro” for your Service needs! Well….here’s a few more to think about! |
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We take servicing and refurbishing equipment seriously. Customers are seeing the difference in having us assist their maintenance staff in the ever-important preventative maintenance programs needed in upholding an equipment’s performance.
It’s more than just removing and installing parts. It’s important to begin with a structure that has been fully prepared for these part items so they can be aligned properly to each other to achieve the best performance possible.
- Are you getting the best performance out of your equipment?
- Is your equipment DOWN more than it is UP?
- Let us lend a hand by assist your maintenance team.
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Reach out to us to see how we can help improve your equipment up time and performance through:
- Equipment Reviews and Audits
- Service and support
- Preventative Maintenance Programs
The calls for Preventative Maintenance Programs are increasing as customers understand the benefits this brings to their equipment’s overall performance and up time.
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Also, do you have a used piece of equipment you’re looking to get installed? We may be able to assist here as well!
Ruben Zambrano
Field Application Engineer
Cell: 847-345-3759
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Please reach out should you like to discuss any of these topics further.
Thank you.
Kevin Barrett,
Product Manager & TAM
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Today's Copper Foils
for Tomorrow’s Applications!
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Tailored to meet market trends such as compartment miniaturization, vehicle electrification and increased connectivity demands require improved characteristics of both wrought and ED foils.
Focus on wrought solutions such as:
- Low profile height (Rz) for signal integrity, as low as 0.4µm
- Consistent profile height across the web which does not change when ordering thicker foils
- Alloy foil with Increased tensile strengths which can exceed 700Mpa
- Grain structure in terms of large crystals and uniform orientation improves fatigue resistance and provides excellent vibration resistance.
- Thermal resistance to withstand hostile environments for automotive applications.
Wrought foils released to IPC 4562A in grade 5, grade 7 and grade 8.
Call us to find out more – we love to talk about this stuff!
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Give us a call to discuss how CAC can help you
make better circuits faster.
Mark Satchwell
Product Manager, Copper Foils
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Everyday Materials You Need, On Our Shelves Every Day
Insulectro recognizes the importance of maintaining adequate inventory to begin work. Designers know when you need it, you need it. Using the link getpumafast.com, you can see what PumaFast™ and standard materials we stock to get you up and running.
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Covid-19 has not stopped our ACT! initiatives!
We have successfully collaborated on many ACT! opportunities.
We are delivering on Technology, Design and Education while you can bank on the sales results!
We are virtually taking our ACT!
to another level!
Insulectro and our partners are moving the chains to help our customers exceed performance goals. Our team of professional and technical resources are now offering our customers access to design and education services.
This is a Game Changer!
Our ACT! Initiatives combined with our design and education services provide our customers a total solutions package with a one-stop-shop option.
Our customers now have total access to not only our Insulectro foot print, best in class products, materials on the shelf when you need them; but also the expertise to deliver solutions from design to delivery…FAST!
Call me and to set up a VIRTUAL ACT! with your customer.
There's a reason I'm smiling.
Ron Murdock
ACT! Manager & Technical Account Manager
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To be the easiest company to do business with. . .
Insulectro has a program for continual improvement, all designed to make ourselves as user-friendly as possible to our customers, their customers, and our suppliers. Speed Matters, so we focus a lot of attention on getting you the materials you need as quickly as possible.
Our PumaFast™ Program lists current inventory of everyday materials you need every day.
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Best-in-Class Materials
from our Premier Suppliers
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