WHY BEST PCB REPAIR CIRCUIT FRAMES?

• Stock to 5 business day delivery - every part of the process is controlled in house. ORDER HERE.
• Consistent quality of the circuit frames as all processing is done in house
• Wide variety of materials - gold plated as well as both 1oz and 2oz copper frames with tin coating for RoHS compliance
• Custom frames available as processing is done in house-saves your technician’s repair time, reduce the minimum order quantities and significant tooling charges and specialty tooling The base metal can be either is 1 or 2oz copper with chemical etchant which allows for high bond strength to the PCB which will be repaired. The dimensions of the standard frames are 60 x 40 mm. The coating on the PCB side is either a shiny tin of nickel or gold coating. The film is a low stress epoxy film adhesive with a Tg at –60ºC. This minimizes the thermal stress on bonded parts during thermal cycling or shock testing from –55 to 150ºC. It is a clear materials, nearly 1mil (0.0254mm) in thickness. It has a shelf life of 6 months minimum and is date-coded on the circuit frame to which it is bonded.
• Epoxy and Dry Film Circuit Frame - you have a choice! Dry Film Adhesive System - A clean way that damaged pads and traces can be replaced without the mess of liquid epoxy. The BEST replacement circuit frames with dry-film adhesive backing make this repair process clean and neat. Simply trim out the circuit you need and bond it to the circuit board surface using heat and pressure. The BEST dry film is superior to others as it is very clear. This makes it easy for the repair technician to see what is going on to align the pad or trace to the PCB. In addition, the BEST dry film is thinner than others, making it sit on the PCB post repair closer in height to the original pads or traces. This makes for a neater repair! If you are already using a dry film epoxy system, see our competitive cross-reference chart here.
• Epoxy Adhesive System - Proven reliability BEST testing has shown by using both backside micro-etched circuit frames (a BEST standard) and the BEST 2-part electronics adhesive system that the bond strength of repair traces, pads, and lands can approach that of the original lands, pads, and traces. Even under thermal air-shock conditions from -50C to 85C at a 30 minute dwell time over 200 cycles, this adhesive system performed well. In a study summarizing a variety of adhesion techniques for the repair of PCB traces, the 2-part resin-hardner epoxy system has been shown to yield the best results. See the results here.