CELEBRATING OUR 5TH YEAR OF PUMANEWS™ |
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As I See It!
Simplify Complexity
APRIL 2023
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In this issue of PumaNews™, our team examines ways Insulectro can help you simplify your business. Internally this year, we have been focused on our process simplification to help Insulectro be the "easiest company to do business with."
This is important to us because by streamlining workflows and reducing unnecessary steps we can increase efficiency, save time while reducing costs, and increase productivity.
It also helps to eliminate confusion and errors, leading to better decision-making and greater satisfaction. This results in a more agile and competitive organization that is better equipped to adapt to changing market conditions.
Simply put, let's partner to find the best way to do business together.
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PCBAA LEADERSHIP SPEAKS OUT |
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PumaNews™ provides a platform for thought leaders in our industry to voice their opinions. We look forward to presenting many diverse commentaries. |
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Anaya Varda, President & CEO:
Standard of Excellence
Progress through Partnerships
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Solid vendor partnerships, partnerships with our customers, and even partnerships with our competitors all offer valuable benefits to the company looking to achieve more. But most of the discussions on this topic have been preoccupied with either reflecting on history or contemplating the present.
I thought it might be interesting to instead discuss what partnerships might look like in the future as well as strong examples from the recent past.
The characteristics that define a good partnership remain the same, of course. As we have discussed in the past, good and productive partnerships are based on eight important building blocks:
- Mutual trust
- Mutual respect
- Common goals
- Strong communications
- Generosity
- Honesty
- Openness
- Relationship chemistry
Now let’s turn toward the future. Our world has drastically changed since we started this series over three years ago. The pandemic, supply chain changes, and global geopolitics have forced to us to adapt in ways we never could have anticipated. Virtual meetings, virtual plant surveys, and even virtual audits have forced us to get creative to ensure we’re communicating effectively even when we’re not able to meet in person.
This leads me to the first and probably most exciting thing we can expect from future partnerships. Where once we partnered with people in our own geographical area—our own neighborhood, state, or country—now, we can collaborate with people all over the world. The possibilities for cooperative partnerships now extend to all four corners of the world. There’s tremendous power in that reality, power that we have yet to fully explore... [click below to read more]
EDITOR'S NOTE: American Standard Circuits is leading manufacturer of circuit board solutions worldwide headquartered in the Chicagoland area. In addition to his leadership skills, Anaya is a imaginative marketer who excels at creating and communicating his company's vision.
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SALES & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT |
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Ken Parent Speaks Out!
Streamlining & Clarifying -
A Top Priority for Insulectro
APRIL 2023
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As I work with our customers, suppliers, and Insulectro Teammates I hear feedback too often that make me reflect on how our relationships with customers, our ability to maximize our results with our suppliers and our team’s ability to GSD more would benefit from Streamlining and Clarifying our goals and processes.
I must drive more simplification into our processes for the benefit of us all.
As our technology and economy throw complex challenges at us all, I assure you our mission at Insulectro is to reduce our processes to the essentials. This is not a new goal in 2023 but one we realize we must “Double-Down” on in 2023.
I commit to you: we are taking steps to be the easiest supplier to do business with and as always appreciate your feedback in where we can make your jobs more streamlined.
Thank you for your business and constant feedback. Have a great 2Q2023!
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Ken Parent
Chief Operating Officer
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Livin' in a Material World!
Okay! Time to Declutter & Simplify
APRIL 2023
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Spring has sprung, and with Spring comes the tradition of Spring Cleaning- a time to declutter and simplify.
This theme of Simplification has been Insulectro’s focus not just this Spring, but throughout the full year ahead. Partnering with strategic suppliers, Insulectro provides material solutions, best practice audit recommendations, and training on basic PCB fabrication processes, all with the goal of simplifying our customer’s processes, enhancing productivity, and minimizing total operating costs.
Here are some of the examples of our Supplier’s Simple product solutions:
- Simplifying material handling, minimizing debris in the lamination room, and providing economical solutions in the lamination room is accomplished by Pacothane Technologies® with Tripak that combines a press pad and release products, and CAC, Inc. thorough optimal 4-side bonding of Denkai America’s ED Copper and Aluminum products.
- LCOA™’s Bullseye® Entry and Slickback® Backup in combination with Kyocera drill tools simplify the drilling process by ensuring accuracy, hole wall quality, higher stack heights and extended tool life.
- The InduBond® X-PRESS lamination press is an innovative example of simplifying the lamination process through the eco-friendly induction heating technology and automation loading and unloading solutions.
- Simple, process controller solutions are designed and manufactured by FocusTech™, complimenting their custom blended chemistry solutions supporting customer throughput, environmental and imaging process requirements.
- Shikoku offers the market leading, simple process to install and maintain, non-etch adhesion promotion solution that supports signal integrity requirements.
- DuPont’s focus of bringing to market simple, sustainable, high quality and technology driven material solutions for Riston® imaging photo resists, and metallization chemistries.
- Ormet® Sintering Paste developed by EMD Electronics offers fabricator and OEMs High-Density Interconnects (HDI) design requirements with simple, high-yielding, manufacturing solutions that also reduce the capital investment required to benefit from capacity increases.
- Identifying and stocking standard constructions of DuPont™ Pyralux®, DuPont™ Interra®, and Isola laminates in the Insulectro’s PumaFast™ inventory offering enables simplifying OEM’s design and material availability considerations.
Lean on our teams of Technical Account Managers, Field Application Engineers, and Product Managers.
We want to help; it is just as rewarding to us as the benefits of Spring Cleaning!
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Michelle Walsh
Vice President of Product Management
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PCBAA, the Printed Circuit Board Association of America, members include: AGY, American Standard Circuits, Amphenol, Bowman, Calumet, Chemcut, Denkai America, DuPont, FTG, Harbor Electronics, Insulectro, Isola, JPS Composite Materials, MacDermid Alpha, Nano-Dimension, Pacothane Technologies, Pro-Tech, Rogers Corporation, Sanmina, Summit Interconnect, TTM Technologies, and Uyemura USA.
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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PRINTED ELECTRONICS INKS & PASTES,
SUBSTRATES & FILMS
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Kevin Miller Can See it!
Printed Electronics' Future Is Exciting & Pioneering
APRIL 2023
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Printed electronics is an emerging technology that involves printing conductive inks (Micromax™ inks) onto flexible substrates such as plastic, paper, or fabric. This technology has the potential to revolutionize various industries and enable the creation of lightweight, low-cost, and flexible electronic devices.
One of the most significant advantages of printed electronics is their flexibility, which allows them to be integrated into a wide range of products and applications. For instance, flexible sensors and smart labels printed on packaging can help monitor food safety and freshness. Similarly, lightweight and flexible displays can be integrated into clothing and wearable devices for health monitoring and communication purposes. For example, Micromax™ Intexar® is a system of washable, flexible inks applied to fabric.
Printed electronics can also contribute to a more sustainable future by enabling the production of recyclable and biodegradable electronic products. Moreover, the low-cost production of printed electronics can potentially democratize access to electronic devices, making them more affordable and accessible to a broader range of people.
As the technology continues to develop, we can expect to see significant advancements in various fields and industries, including healthcare, consumer electronics, automotive, and more. The importance of printed electronics in the future cannot be overstated, and Insulectro looks forward to introducing you to exciting developments in this field.
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The Celanese Micromax™ team which manufactures a portfolio of Conductive Inks announced the launch of nine new product grades for the printed electronics market. The new products Micromax™ Conductive Inks developed included the PE800 series of products for consumer electronic applications such as touch sensors, busbars and EMI shielding. Additionally, the new HT series is formulated to meet customer needs for electronic inks in high temperature applications."
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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.
Please call Insulectro at 1-855-955-0200 with any questions regarding these product offerings or visit our E-Commerce site at https://insulectro-pe.com/.
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The People Behind the Puma
Brandi Byers
Office Manager, ETI
Londonderry, NH
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BIO: I have been with ETI since 2011! I came on part time to help list their surplus of parts bought and accumulated from liquidations and closings of other shops, etc.
Soon worked up to a full time position and I just went along as needed. Learning a little bit of this and that. An opening came available in the front office for an assistant to the office manager, to handle things like freight, quotes, packing lists etc.
When the office manager position came open, it was suggested that I give it a shot and see what happens. Somehow, President Jon Pelletier allowed me the chance and here we are today! I’m extremely lucky to have been given the growth opportunities along the way at ETI and with Jon. I have taken all these roles along the way and combined it into the position I am in now. A little bit of this, and a little bit of that! I can say that really goes for all of us at ETI. Everyone wears multiple hats.
Things have definitely changed since the acquisition. We are doing much more with equipment sales of new equipment than the rebuilds before. The positives are certainly working alongside a great group of people. Everyone is kind and being patient with the new way things are going, each of us learning a new companies ways and molding them together to make it work for everyone.
Large company vs small company so we each have our own procedures for doing things that are very different. It was a bit overwhelming to start, but as I said before this team rocks and everyone is really making an effort to make it all work. Excited to see where it goes!!
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Meet Brandi! She Gets Stuff Done! |
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When you were in grade school, what did you want to grow up to be?
I always wanted to be a scientist when I was younger. Chemistry or laboratory type of deal!
What three values did you learn from your parents that you will honor today?
1) Treat everyone with respect whether they have earned it or not. Its about being a good person as your character, not based on circumstances. 2) Mind your business. 3) Be yourself!
When you were in high school, did you have any nicknames?
B or Brandi Lee
When you see pictures of yourself in your yearbook, what goes through your head? Man, I was such a baby! It makes me think about all the fun crazy times back when we really thought we were cool
Best subjects in school? I always did well in Math and Science. It came easy back then. Thankfully we have calculators everywhere now because that has all left my brain as I get older.
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Do you recall any past wardrobe choices that make you roll your eyes today? Mostly all of them haha! If we are taking it way back, side ponytails and multi colored scrunch socks, the skirt with built in pants underneath (skorts), to middle school in the JNCO jeans and skater sneakers (Etnies), or high school when I thought it was appropriate to wear heels every day, everywhere.
What is your strongest memory of your first day on the job? I am a pretty anxious person, so it was just a blur of nerves and trying to retain information especially names. Everyone here is so awesome though, especially my office ladies.
They really made the transition seamless and welcomed me. Always helping and giving me the ins and outs so I could settle in. Going from a smaller setting into a big group setting had me extremely nervous to be honest.
You hear horror stories about workplace drama and people not meshing well but that just isn’t the case here. Everyone’s social and respectful and the laughter and team joking around is awesome to say the least.
What movie have you watched more times than any other? Beauty and the Beast, and Step Brothers. I am actually not a huge movie person and when I tell people all the movies I have never seen they usually drop their jaw
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A relaxing evening at home for involves reading a book? Watching television? Sipping a cocktail? Or what? Reality tv (I know, horrible lol) and maybe a mixed drink if the day called for it!
Your favorite comfort food and your favorite sneak food?
Candy, popcorn and nachos. Any version of potatoes. Carbs are my weakness.
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How would your girlfriends describe you? I sent out the question to them and got back: Caring, Strong, Funny, Loyal, Goofy, and a good mom.
What embarrassing thing you’ve done still haunts you today? One of my young adult jobs was at a title insurance company, and I went to send the company phone number to a customer via email and unfortunately switched 2 of the numbers and it ended up being a very inappropriate phone number when they tried calling it. They were not impressed and to say the least I was extremely embarrassed!
If you could choose one song to play every time you walked into a room, what would you choose and why? None please, and thank you. I am usually trying to come in unnoticed
If you could have any superhero power, what would it be and why?
Ability to fly. After having a stroke in 2015 I am very slow moving. Would love to just zoom around again! Also because I get so impatient in traffic
Contrast how you feel at the beginning of your work week with the end of the week. Monday through Thursday are all the same for me, just get up and get it done. I think Fridays I have a little more shine in my eyes because I know the weekend is here and I can sleep in.
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Name three things your teammates don’t know about you?
I refuse to eat any fish or seafood. I have a pet bunny, and a frog that my son brought home over 12 years ago
If you had a time machine, would you travel to the future or back to the past? Backwards just to see a few people at least 1 more time! I’d also rather let the future be a surprise.
What recent comment from a fellow teammate made you feel good?
Sitting in cubicles, you can pretty much hear everything. So hearing Cheryl Woodbury talk on the phone about how she likes her newer coworkers (Maja Stupar and myself) was just really sweet to hear.
What’s The First Thing You Do When You Get Home From A Trip?
I unpack everything. Right when I walk in, because the thought of it sitting there needing to be done will just drive me crazy.
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Looking back, what is the worst vehicle you’ve ever driven?
The 02 Mitsubishi Galant I was driving until last year! What a clunker.
If a biop movie was made about you, what actress would be play you?
I honestly have no idea! Hopefully someone funny though.
What would the title be?
The Life of Brandi! Is this for real?!
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What do you do to really let your hair down? If I take the time to straighten my wild hair, you can bet I am going out somewhere and having a drink and laughing until my ribs hurt! I love good company and good food - haha!
How would you like to be remembered at Insulectro? Hopefully as someone who is helpful, brings more to the table than takes, and makes you smile.
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OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
WORLD-CLASS MANUFACTURING
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WCM: Simplicity
Simplifying the Partner Experience
APRIL 2023
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Our corporate theme at Insulectro for 2023 is “Simplicity”. In everything we do across all functional areas, we’re asking ourselves “how do we make that simpler?”. “Simplicity” is at the heart of the World Class Manufacturing framework.
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Our Operations & Supply Chain Teammates work diligently each day to SIMPLIFY our customer and key supply partner experience.
Recently we received high marks from Amphenol, a valued customer on the East Coast, on their annual scorecard of our performance. Insulectro scored an “Exceptional” rating for Service and Quality.
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Each day we take extra care to individually box, label, and palletize to Amphenol’s packaging standards, which in turns save them labor in their operation. We’re also employing new strapping and crating standards for other Eastern and Midwest customers, such as Sheldahl.
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In our West Region, for customers such as Sanmina, TTM, and Harbor, we palletize like-items to make receiving and handling easier. We also create master labels for each pallet to easily identify content.
Most importantly, our true competitive advantage is that we have local delivery in the markets we serve and make up to 3 deliveries a day for key customers for hot and/or quick-turn items.
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Finally, our team of Supply Chain experts, led by Montse Barcelo, facilitate several collaborative initiatives with our supplier and customer partners on a routine basis.
Some of these ongoing efforts include joint Sales & Operations Planning weekly calls with key suppliers (like Dupont and Isola), monthly mid-long term forecast analysis for Dupont to help better plan their capacity and raw materials, and facility start up and/or transition planning for key customers like TTM and SEL.
Our Supply Chain team is the best and brightest in the industry and GSD for our customers every day.
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These are just a few ways in which Insulectro’s Operations & Supply Chain teams help customers “simplify” their business by leveraging of our people, processes, and assets.
Finding the “pain” points and working to eradicate them is what we’re laser-focused on as we mature in our World Class Manufacturing journey.
We want to take away pain and pressure points for our key partners. Doing so truly helps us live out our corporate purpose of “Enabling Our Customers to Build Better Circuits, Faster”.
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And thanks to everyone for another remarkable month.
Jason Shuppert
Vice President of Operations
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INSULECTRO'S COPPER & COPPER FOIL OFFERINGS |
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Copper Complexity & Clarification.
Not All Copper Foils Are Created Equal
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Copper Foil is a Technology Enabler. . .
Bonded Copper foil, depth and breadth of copper selection and improved yields are just part of the focus here at Insulectro.
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Bonded copper:
- Our bonded coppers (CAC and CSC) compliment thinner and smoother foils.
- Copper weights from 1/4oz up through 3oz.
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CSC offers >2X the image transfer resistance of CAC.
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CAC Improves panel flatness due to Aluminum CTE.
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All 4 edges are bonded limiting FOD incurrence.
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Layup Efficiency - No separators to clean or polish.
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Production Efficiency - Reducing book height.
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Operator Efficiency – Layup & breakdown simplification.
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Cleanliness benefit over component builds.
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Copper selection:
Insulectro carries copper foils from many world class foil producers covering both ED and RA needs from 1.5 µm up to 210 µm in stock with additional options available upon request. A comparison table is shared below to support both component (loose) and supported (bonded) foil needs for your designs
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Improved Yields:
When handling copper foil, always wear gloves and only move the panels using your palms, this prevents surface contamination. If you do wipe the surface down (NOT recommended) use a clean, dry, fiber free cloth. Utilize a CAC or CSC construction to limit F.O.D from entering the panel as all FOUR edges are bonded. Always layup by transfer panels from the side, never by pulling from an overhead storage area.
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Mark Satchwell
Product Manager, Foil, CAC® & Pacothane®
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Get to Know
Denkai America
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Insulectro distributes Denkai America's electrodeposited copper foil. Denkai's foil is recognized as a leader in reliability and technology leadership. With the strength of both domestic and international development and manufacturing, Denkai solves the most challenging problems though collaboration and perseverance.
Denkai America copper foils are electroplated on revolving titanium drums, unique for the ability to deposit copper foils with a high-quality surface. Rolls of the plated foils are then subjected to a variety of surface treating operations specially designed for a wide range of end-use requirements.
During treating, copper dendrites are deposited onto the foil surface to enhance bonding to various resins systems during lamination. A “barrier-layer” is deposited for promoting reliability in thermal applications, specific proprietary organic layers are applied to promote chemical adhesion, and foils are stain-proofed to prevent oxidation in shipping, storage, lamination, and subsequent customer processing.
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PCB Materials Are Unique
Use a Drill Designed for Flex & Rigid Flex
Use a Drill Designed for Your Success!
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In today’s world of challenging printed circuit board manufacturing our customers need their supply partners to provide them with solutions optimizing their drill process.
One area that Insulectro can provide an edge for our customers is with Kyocera’s Series 240 Flex drill designs.
This unique drill designed solely for the Flexible Circuit market has small and medium diameter availability. The tools are straight non-undercut, low thrust, high helix, open flute drills.
Flex drills improve hole wall quality and reduce tears and debris deposition in soft materials.
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Contact your Insulectro representative for more information details! |
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Along with our industry leading backer and entry products from LCOA™, Insulectro has what you need to build better boards faster.
Please contact me for additional information, technical support, or process related questions. Our Insulectro team looks forward to assisting in you!
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Geraldine Arseneau
Product Manager - Kyocera Precision Cutting Tools
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Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Find Some Piece of Mind with Insulectro
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Located just outside of downtown San Jose, our Northern CA branch is a hustle-bustle of quick turn manufacturing and delivery activities.
The local customer base represents six of Insulectro’s top 10 accounts with TTM, Sanmina, Summit, APCT, Lenthor and Gorilla all having a significant presence in Silicon Valley. These dynamic PCB manufacturers deliver high-tech solutions to OEMs such as Northrop-Grumann, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Google, Apple, amazon, Intel as well as many other advanced technology companies in Northern CA.
Keeping things on point and on time, Alberto Soto and Benito Gonzalez keep a tight and efficient warehouse operation, regularly exceeding daily manufacturing goals while delivery trucks are in fast and safe continuous motion.
Our customer-facing Team is led by Chris Hunrath, VP of Technlolgy and Sales. Local critical supporting cast of Doug Bobos and Eric Traue as our Inside Sales team; Hilton Hoyt and Doug Gotelli in the field as TAMs along with Pedro Rosales (FAE) supporting all things technical, we operate lean and efficiently in daily customer interactions and problem solving.
The team is a close knit group with many inside jokes, humor and good natured ribbing whilst keeping the focus on customer support and GSD!!!
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Doug Gotelli
Strategic Account Manager
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Chris Hunrath on Future Tech
Don’t Ignore the Conventional Options!
Need an mSAP Build-Up Film?
APRIL 2023
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I have proposed in the past all the opportunities for using film-based dielectrics in ultra-HDI builds. I still believe these are great options now and for the future of ultra-HDI PCB’s. We have many industries to pull advanced materials from. Flex, substrates (chip), composites, etc. are just some examples.
That said, I see in many designs/constructions for applications using materials already widely available.
Having trouble getting substrate build-up films for your uHDI application? Try 1035 prepreg.
Yes, prepreg does have the glass fabric in the way. Yes, your application needs a thin, low Dk dielectric spacing. Consider this, Tachyon® 100G 1035 69% prepreg has a Dk of 3.06 and a glass fabric thickness of 1.1 mils (28 microns). Depending on the underlying circuit thickness and retained copper, it should press out between 1.3 and 1.7 mils (33 to 43 microns). Also, thieving can be added or removed to get the desired thickness results.
Naturally, you cannot ignore the fill requirements of such a design, but this issue will also be present in an mSAP build-up film. If there are multiple laminations, a flat copper surface for each layer is very important for imaging. Many mSAP films contain a lot of filler and have limited leveling potential. Prepreg can be superior in this regard.
The same conductive surface options are available, electroless or foil. You will have to consider surface topography and adhesion for electroless, depending on the chemistries/system used. Foil is much more straight forward and with the ultra-thin plus carrier foils option, this simplifies things further. Prepreg and foil for HDI build-up is well understood.
Carrier foils, high-resolution photoresists, Direct Imaging exposure units are all tools every US based PCB fabricator has access to.
The next time a customer, designer or PCB salesperson says, “We need a substrate film dielectric for this design”, run through the numbers of a low Dk thin prepreg and foil. If it fits the design, it will save everyone time, money, and hassle.
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As always, let us know if you would like to explore/discuss.
Chris Hunrath
Vice President of Technology
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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 Meredith LaBeau
Chief Technology Officer
Calumet Electronics
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Dr. Meredith LaBeau works the front lines of exciting innovations in electronics and microelectronics. As the Chief Technology Officer of Michigan-based Calumet Electronics she oversees advancement and innovation of HDI PCBs and HDBU Substrates for critical programs within the semiconductor ecosystem for leap-ahead defense and commercial technologies.
“I love the fact that we’re constantly innovating,” said Meredith. “I work with an incredible team of people. Together we’re developing next-generation technology that will change our world.”
Meredith is an eloquent representative and custodian of the electronics industry, serving, for example, on the NIST Industrial Advisory Committee for the CHIPS and Science Act, and on the IPC international board of directors. Her work has raised the profile of Calumet Electronics from a small regional company to a relevant and important figure on the national scene, influencing national conversations with entities like the U.S. Department of Defense.
One her greatest passions is inspiring and mentoring young engineers, especially women. Meredith joined Calumet Electronics as a process engineering manager after earning a master’s degree and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She quickly established herself as a valuable and insightful talent, recently rising to the position of CTO.
Meredith strongly encourages girls and other young women to dream big and not to be dissuaded by the relative lack of representation in STEM careers.
She says, “Even if you don’t see a lot of people like you around the table, don’t let that stop you. The industry needs fresh voices and ideas. Work hard, kick those doors open, and make your own destiny.”
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Let us assist in organizing and boosting the efficency and performance of your lamination room while also reducing the energy costs in this area as well! |
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InduBond® can provide the equipment needed throughout your lamination department.
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Diverter- to sort and build your layer sequence according to the job number
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CDR – A 20 drawer auto sorting cabinet to accumulate all materials in your stack up and distribute in sequence for layup
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230N – Two drawer bonding unit with 4 to 6 bonding heads
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Lay up and breakdown stations - To handle caul and separator plates
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XPress 360 – One and Two opening induction press that provides precise heat distribution throughout the complete stack through the Stainless steel separator plates or Insulectro's CSC product for increasing your stack height and throughput
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Loaders/Unloaders – These will be able to handle the separator plates to load and off load out of your plate scrubber
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Having the right equipment and the technical support to back it can make all the difference!
Not only are we supplying quality consumables and equipment for the lamination room with InduBond® and the XPress and into the wet process area as well.
With technology driven customers already using and growing with the UCE equipment lines, and having our technical service team to support with preventative maintenance programs at facilities as well, we are excited to be able to support our customers even further.
With the Insulectro's acquisition of (ETI) Equipment Technologies, we have added the line up of UCE Wet Processing, Scrubbing and Plating Equipment which compliments well with our high performing Focus Tech Chemistry line. This acquisition has also added more Service Technicians to our team to support you even more!
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Universal PCB EQUIPMENT CO, LTD |
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We have the machine to fit your needs with a proven track record of quality, performance and durability!
Lines include:
- Plating lines
- DES – With Hyper Etch Technology
- SES – With Hyper Etch Technology
- Immersion Silver/Tin
- OSP
- Desmear/PTH
- Scrubbing lines – Debur/Pumice/Jet
- Handling equipment
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We have over 40 installations completed in the United States and Canada alone. Our service team is at your disposal, used and new equipment!
An example of equipment manufacturers we service:
WISE / CHEMCUT / SCHMID / I.S. / IPS / DYNACHEM / DUPONT Laminator Retro-fits / TMP Presses / HAKUTO / PLASMA ETCH / INDUBOND® / UCE
- Emergency Service
- Preventative Maintenance
- Installations
- Rebuilds
- Retro-fits
- Troubleshooting
- Training
- Spare parts
- Brushes
Please reach out should you like to discuss our equipment offerings further. Thank you.
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Jon Pelletier
President, Equipment Technologies
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Kevin Barrett,
Product Manager - Equipment
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Part One:
"Are We Listening?"
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Last year I attended a meeting to brain-storm ideas to make communication more efficient and personal.
We coined a phrase, “Less typing, more talking”. What is that about? In previous PumaNews™ articles, I have mentioned the return to in person communication. Emails, and perhaps texts, are another way we distance ourselves from those in our work and personal life.
So, “more talking” is, at the least, making a phone call instead of an email, but it especially means sitting across the table from someone.
Since that meeting, however, I want to add to the phrase with this: “Less typing, more talking, most listening."
I feel we have lost the art of listening.
What is my evidence?
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How many of us read a complete email that someone took the time to write?
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How many of us on a phone call or TEAMs meeting get distracted with the rest of our day and aren’t focused on the call?
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How many of us are far too anxiously ready to respond with our opinion or comments while someone else is speaking?
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Even worse, how many times have you experienced more than 1 person talking at a time and no one is yielding. I believe the word is chaos.
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How many of us interrupt the person who is speaking to get to our point in?
These examples are from my mirror view, for I am guilty of all these and other examples of not truly listening. The last example? Too many times I have the words already formed and am chomping at the bit to speak while another person is still speaking.
Why is listening important?
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Everyone in a meeting is invited for a reason. So, do we hear from everyone?
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If while someone is speaking we are already developing our response, we stop processing what the person is saying. How many times do we miss an important point when we shut our ears?
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Not everyone is an extrovert, some of us are introverts. Is an introvert going to interrupt a continuous chain of chatter to share a point? Do only extroverts contribute to a meeting?
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Speaking is when we want others to hear what we know. Listening is when we learn something we didn’t know. If that isn’t true then why is school and college styled with a person with knowledge speaking to listening people learning?
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Listening is also time for thinking and processing what is being said so we can respond perhaps with something that pulls all the thoughts together. We are stronger because our solutions come from a group not an individual.
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There is a personal facet to listening. We are quietly saying to the other person, you are important to me.
If you read through all of this, you listened a lot. What are our thoughts on listening better if this hits home with any of you as it does me? I have some thoughts and will share them next month.
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Ed Kneller
Technical Account Manager - Midwest
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Growth in Substrates
It’s a Great Day for Polycarbonate
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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.
Insulectro Clarity™ Polycarbonates
PC835/PC811/HC92S are in stock at ready to move pricing. These polycarbonates offer various levels of surface textures and hardness to suit your project needs. Call for quote and most items ship out next day!
PC835
Standard graphic films produced under strict quality control standards to ensure surface consistency. These films are specifically designed to help reduce pinholes in demanding back-lit applications.
PC811
Highly polished film with low stress, excellent clarity, high temperature resistance and superior dimensional stability. This film grade offers excellent light transmission when used in LED/LCD windows.
HC92S
High performance coated printable graphic film with great chemical/abrasion resistance as well as good UV resistance. This film is the best choice for both indoor and outdoor applications where color stability is a priority.
Characteristics include:
- High impact strength
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High dimensional stability
- Excellent light transmission and clarity
- Good electrical insulation properties that are not influenced by water or temperature
- Can withstand repeated steam sterilizations (in medical applications)
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Jeff Crawford
Insulectro Printed Electronics - Advanced Substrate Specialist
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Geoff shouts: "The MIL-AERO Go To!"
DuPont™ Pyralux® AP:
Robustness Adds to Reliability
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Pyralux® AP has been the industry cornerstone for flexible laminates for several decades for a reason.
It’s over-engineered. The material meets the IPC 4204/11 specification which is no high bar. Pyralux® AP's peel strength is several times that of the basic specification.
For dynamic applications, the polyimide cores which comprise the dielectric for thicker constructions, are always built symmetrically unlike competitive products.
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Pyralux® AP is on the surface of mars, in orbit around our planet and trusted daily with major aerospace manufactures.
The robustness of this material is what adds to its reliability.
For deep space, aerospace, or down-well applications, the PCB must work. In the flexible space, often a bend-to-install application has no easy means of repair if failure occurs. Because Pyralux® AP has decades of flight time and a proven process of record, it is the easy button to solve any reliability or repair concerns.
This is especially the case for military grade applications. Mil-Aero OEMs have trusted Pyralux® AP since it was brought to the market more than two decades ago. It still is today the overwhelming market choice of material due to its superior material strength, numerous characterized application performance, and widest construction offerings of any flexible laminate available today.
Want to discuss how Pyralux® AP can solve your design problems? Feel free to reach out.
Check out all available constructions on the DuPont Product Selector here:
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Geoff Leeds
Product Manager, DuPont Flex Laminates
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Stephanie Silva
Accounts Payable Specialist
Lake Forest, CA
Please welcome Stephanie to the Insulectro family. Stephanie joins us as an Accounts Payable Specialist at the Southern California HQ.
Stephanie tells us an interesting fact - she's an identical twin. She is excited to learn new things and get more knowledge on the accounting field. She worked at a Jiffy Lube Franchise for three years, starting as a receptionist and moving her way up to Accounts Payable and General Ledger.
"Within those three years I learned a lot and got a feel of how the accounting world works," Stephanie commented.
"My most recent job was at an Elementary school district as a school office assistant. I thought my dream was to work at a school facility but ever since I had the opportunity of being in the accounting field, I missed it and here I am," Stephanie enthused.
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Robust Military & Aerospace Markets
Overall Strong Business Conditions
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Let’s welcome Dain Hertsgaard to the Insulectro team. Dian joins us with some great PCB lamination experience. He is part of a group that includes RJ Feliciano, Gabe Zepeda, Michael Carnarius, Pancho Castillo, and Sean Redfern in the SoCal region.
In addition to our Southern California Product Management folks, these people are our customer-facing team. They provide support on everything from product knowledge to chemistry controllers.
We believe bringing technical support and product knowledge to our customer base brings success to the entire PCB ecosystem.
As always, I look forward to working with our customers and happy Dain has joined us to bring strength to our team.
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Chris Hunrath
Vice President of Technology
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@Mike Creeden
Welcome to the World of Microelectronics using Micron Interconnect
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One of the main benefits of microelectronics is the ability to create circuits with devices that are smaller, faster, and more energy efficient than traditional electronic devices.
When technology advancements require these metrics to be improved, they challenge one another. The more gates used in an IC, increases the functionality and the power requirements, causing thermal challenges and size increases.
The industry responds by lowering the voltage requirement and reducing the size of gates, cells, and interconnects, which now allows for an increase in all the metrics.
Integrated Circuit Scales of Integration
based on Number of Internal Logic Gates
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The component type with the most terminals is the Ball Grid Array (BGA). BGAs typically have a silicon chip that may be mounted with wire-bonds or flip-chip.
They are placed on an interposer PCB that has Z-axis routes to a standard pattern BGA terminal that mounts on a standard PCB. BGA’s package size follows four main indexes: Overall package size, number of terminals on one device, terminal size, and the centerline pitch between terminals.
These metrics range depending on functionality: Package size up to 0.6 to 100mm, number of terminals 4 to 10,000, terminal size .15 to 0.5mm, and terminal pitch of .25 to 1.0mm. As soon as this article goes to print someone one-ups these numbers.
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These dense fine pitch devices have been used for some time now in our industry and the demand will only increase. Although innovated mostly in the States, the majority (some 95%) are currently produced offshore and now the US Government Chips Act is an effort to bring the development of ICs, plus Package Design back to the States, and this is to be applauded.
Intel and several other IC foundries are slated to come online in the US approximately in the next 3-5 years. The need for US PCB fabricators to be capable to build package design interposers is right alongside in this endeavor. Package Interposers have incredibly small Modified Semi Additive Process (mSAP) trace widths and are used with specialized laminates that are available in very thin dielectric thicknesses.
These also use other 3-D interconnect solutions such as Ormet® sintering paste. This is also to be applauded as a welcome recapture of American innovation supported by American manufacturing.
Insulectro is the industry leading distributor of all PCB Fabrication Process supplies and materials for rigid and flex circuits. We have been pioneering how the entire industry should position themselves for supporting the next generation of Micron-Interconnect and Embedded Circuitry within the standard PCB.
As we have looked into these topics, we have seen several misconceptions as this is viewed from a limited perspective. The immediate response is often to quote what you know about the smallest mSAP trace width you’ve heard of or that you’ve seen built.
But what often gets omitted is the fact that the performance of a thin mSAP trace, will not perform at 50 Ω with ample current carrying capacity for a full trace length using standard materials. Currently mSAP is only used at a short length and the signal integrity problems are tolerated. This can be referred to as the “Exception Rule.”
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The standard PCB of the very near future should prepare for Micron Interconnect that performs at 50 Ω with ample current carrying capacity for a full trace length using standard materials with today’s available process aids and materials.
Some Package Interposers will go away putting the need of the chip on the board. This will require some technology advancements. But you must understand what needs to be done, what materials and process aids will support this need. So many people are looking at this need with a singular perspective.
This next generation solution must address the design solvability, the performance requirements, and the manufacturing requirements. Insulectro is currently working to test and verify specific design metrics and provide next generation laminate materials with process aides to build the PCB micron interconnect of the future.
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Come and learn more about this interesting subject. As a fabricator, if you’re interested in partnering in this research and development, please contact your Insulectro representative and let us help you and your fabricator build the board of the future now.
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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Reminding you to make technically appropriate material decisions and to get the best use of the best material.
Mike Creeden CID+ MIT
Technical Director, Insulectro Design & Education
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Welcome to the April Edition of
Insulectro PumaNews™ Magazine - East Coast Edition
Simplifying Removes the Roadblocks…
My article this month (with guidance from our PumaNews™ Magazine Publisher John Lee) is focused on one of Insulectro’s strategic initiatives for 2023, Simplicity!
What does simplicity mean to me as a Sales Leader? My mind goes directly to our customers and the big picture!
What can we do or what are we doing to make the order fulfillment process for our customers simple and easy?
Patrick Redfern, President, and CEO of Insulectro, has made it one of Insulectro’s mission statements that: Insulectro wants to be the easiest supplier to do business with!
What metrics and focus achieves the end result:
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We are a solutions provider. We have the resources and the experience to navigate a problem and deliver a solution. Much of our efforts supporting customers is about improving yields, reducing overage, reducing repair, reducing remakes by getting it right the first time. It’s not coincidence that we are supporting customers thet have the same value of being the easiest customer to do business with.
- Insulectro has the most complete product offering and the best in World-Class Suppliers.
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Delivery! Customers need product fast. Insulectro stocks materials throughout the US and Canada and has a Materials team that instills the same focus on our suppliers for order fulfillment. Insulectro manages a forecasting process and can provide customer weekly reports that show on hand, on order, and a 12-month history of usage. This report is valuable as it generates conversation and dialog between customers and our sales that are proactive rather than reactive. Insulectro also offers consignment programs, blanket PO support, and supplier managed programs.
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Insulectro has 11 stocking locations and has 4 facilities that are fabrication centers of excellence. One of these fabrication centers are located on the East Coast at 8 Akira Way, Londonderry NH. This location also is the central hub for our Printed Electronics business that serves the US and Canada. Insulectro also invested in a new stocking location (2022) in Scarborough Ontario.
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Insulectro and its 5 sister companies are vital to our customer’s supply chain: CAC, Inc., LCOA™, FocusTech™, Spyglass Corporate Services and most recently ETI that provides equipment and technology solutions and equipment services such as repairs, replacement and preventative maintenance.
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Insulectro has over 35 customer-facing teammates that provide a litany of customer support functions from our Inside Sales Managers, Technical Account Managers, Field Applications Engineers, Product Managers, PWB Design-ACT! educators, and our Leadership team that provides the forward vision, executes on our strategic initiatives, and puts SAFETY ahead of all else for its team!
As a customer what more could you ask for… a local, one-stop shop, for all your material needs with service and support that literally is a vital extension of your day-to-day business and operations.
That is SIMPLICITY!
Thank you for reading!
Ron
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Ron Murdock
Director of Sales - Eastern Region/ Canada
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Here we go again!
5G Is Setting the Stage for 6G
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by Fandy Wei, Senior Director, OEM Marketing in Asia, Isola Group
It seems like only yesterday, but Fifth Generation (5G) cellular networks have been making wireless connections for almost four years.
Already, some of the major carriers and test-equipment developers are looking ahead to around 2029 or 2030 and the expected start of Sixth Generation (6G) networks.
Still, 5G has room for expansion, especially at higher frequencies, and it may be in the design and development of that “upper-frequency half” of 5G networks that much can be learned to prepare for 6G.
The part of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard developed by the international Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) technical standards committee that is so familiar to most 5G users refers to frequency range FR1 from 410 to 7125 MHz and its use of those terrestrial frequency bands has proven efficient and effective.
But the many futuristic features that will set 5G apart from 4G, including blazing data rates and video streaming without delays, will be provided by 5G’s higher FR2 frequency range from 24.25 to 71.00 GHz typically using smaller cells placed closely together to overcome the propagation limits of higher-frequency signals. [click below to read more]
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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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For Your Cutting Edge HDI Platform
Microvia Reliability & Your Chemistry
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Microvias are the cornerstone of any cutting edge HDI platform. To achieve sufficient yield through assembly and highly-reliable product, a well formed and plated micro-via is a must. DuPont’s current electroless copper Circuposit™ 3000 MVR series line offers the ability accomplish these goals.
With decades of experience, DuPont’s electroless copper line is well understood and documented in order to achieve reliable triple or 5-stack micro-vias.
To find our how, just reach out! Insulectro’s deep knowledge of laminates partnered with DuPont’s scientific prowess can help you put together the perfect process to nail Micro-via reliability. With low voiding potential and the perfect deposit for copper re-crystallization, the DuPont C3000 MVR chemistry is the best choice for next generation HDI.
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DuPont C3000 MVR electroless copper |
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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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Geoff Leeds
Product Manager, DuPont Chemistry
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Ormet® PCB-710
Eliminate Lamination and Plating Steps
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Ormet® PCB-710 is a lead-free, copper-based, paste formulated for creating microvias in printed circuit boards. This can be done to replace stacked via designs with multiple lamination steps, or to bond subs together without requiring a through-hole drill to electrically connect the subs.
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The Ormet® paste is processed at normal PCB lamination temperatures. The final product offers superior thermal and electrical performance.
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For more information on Ormet®, please contact me. |
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Jeff Johnson
Product Manager - Dry Film/Chemistry/Paste & FAE
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Improve Your Process!
FocusTech™ Resist Strippers
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No matter which dry film 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
If you would like to see how we could improve your resist stripping process, please contact me.
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Jeff Johnson
Product Manager - Dry Film/Chemistry/Paste & FAE
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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.
Featuring a unique Kapton Polyimide and Fluoropolymer film base double-sided dielectric 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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Contain the Resin Flow
PACO•VIA™ 3000 System
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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].
PACO•VIA™ 3000
- Mid-temperature (425° F),
- Two-sided release film,
- Resin blocking for sequential lamination of Buried and Blind via on Rigid PCB.
PACO•VIA™ 3000 System is designed to contain the resin flow within blind via holes and via barrels (onto adjacent copper-carrying layers) and to fill buried Via Barrels, under a wide range of lamination variables:
- Pressures (175-350 psi/12-24 kg / cm2),
- Hole Diameters (.004 to .040"/0.1 to 1.0 mm),
- Heat Rises and Prepreg types rated up to 425 °F for 4 hours!
At the heart of its conforming center is the PACOPADS™ component of the PACO•VIA™ 3000 which enhances the molding characteristics containing the resin. It supports the contours of the panel, eliminates air voids, inner-layer slippage and white corners or edges. Furthermore, the PACOPADS™ center reduce image and glass cloth transfer, alleviate the potential of low-pressure prepreg blisters.
The release film component supporting the surface quality besides resin control benefits the separator plates as they can become damaged during the removal of cured resin.
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It performs effectively well in Hydraulic and Hydraulic Vacuum-assist as well as with both stainless steel and aluminum Separator Plates or though Steel is preferred.
Finally, this mid-temperature conformable is inert with no outgassing along with being environmentally friendly, no fluorine nor chrome-depleting chemicals.
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PACOTHANE TECHNOLOGIES®
Proudly Produced in the USA
with American Labor and American Materials!
For more information on Pacothane and their products please reach out to me. For any additional information on DuPont™ laminates, please connect with Geoff Leeds, Product Manager for DuPont Flex Laminates and DuPont Chemistry gleeds@insulectro.com.
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Mark Satchwell
Product Manager - Pacothane® Products & Copper Foil
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Just revised! Ask me for Pacothane® Product Sample Guide. |
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Geraldine Arseneau
Product Manager - LCOA®
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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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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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Is trying to “stretch” the most out of your consumables hurting you?
When overusing screen mesh, you gradually reduce the opening in between the threads of the fabric. As these threads receive hit after hit by the edge of the squeegee rubber, the fabric threads “cords” of the mesh will lose their round shape and become flatter and more oval shaped.
This flatness of the thread will begin closing the opening between these woven threads resulting in less ink being displaced across the panel surface. More importantly, you will lose coverage over critical areas where you really need the ink such as at the knee of the trace.
Below are pictures taken with a microscope showing new mesh, and the other on used mesh showing the thread breakdown in the fabric and the reduced openings.
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“Are you thinking that you’re getting the complete life out of your pumice brushes by using them until the operator can no longer adjust the brushes any further?” |
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In many cases, I’ve seen where customers will keep the brushes in the machine until there is no further adjustment left in the mechanical adjustment system. At this point, the operator usually goes to maintenance and lets them know its time to change brushes. Is this what you are experiencing?
The illustration below shows how running your brushes too long could influence the topography results on the surface of the panel. As the bristles of the brush become shorter and shorter, they lose the ability to flex and drag the pumice particles across the surface of the copper giving optimal surface topography for proper soldermask or dry film adhesion.
Instead, the bristles could act as a broom when they become too short and sweep the pumice particles away!
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“Customers are beginning to see the difference in having us assist their maintenance staff in the ever-important preventative maintenance programs needed to uphold an equipment’s performance.” |
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- 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 assisting your maintenance team.
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Remember that we can assist in your equipment needs through the following:
- Emergency Service
- Preventative Maintenance
- Installations
- Rebuilds
- Retro-fits
- Troubleshooting
- Training
- Spare parts
- Brushes
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
Mike Engle
Field Application Engineer
Cell: 360-749-1756
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Please reach out should you like to discuss any of these topics further.
Thank you.
Kevin Barrett,
Product Manager - Equipment
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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 insulectro.com/puma-fast/, you can see what PumaFast™ and standard materials we stock to get you up and running.
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Stronger than ever!
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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