Printed Circuits, Inc. Installs a Certified Class 10,000 Clean Room and Associated Equipment
Printed Circuits, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) - Printed Circuits, Incorporated has installed a class 10,000 clean room to improve cleanliness and plant yield on multilayer flex and rigid flex circuitry.
"As flex and rigid flex circuit boards increase in density, we see a marked movement towards very small, very thin, very dense packaging solutions" noted Ken Tannehill their President and CEO. "Often these products are made entirely of flex materials, although they may appear to be rigid flex. The materials are very thin, with very good dielectric properties that naturally generate a great deal of static electricity as they are moved and worked into our product. The static electricity draws contaminants, and to an increasing degree with our products, interferes with our yield."
Printed Circuits, Inc. has added static discharge equipment and thin material handling/cleaning equipment to clean the raw film prior to entering the clean room as well. "Often manufacturers invest in a clean environment and then try to maintain cleanliness without cleaning the product entering the room. We have invested in the equipment necessary to keep this environment clean regardless of our production levels or how much material is going through the area."
Printed Circuits, Inc. is a US manufacturer of multilayer flex and rigid flex printed circuit boards that are typically used in high reliability applications, such as medical, military and commercial electronics, where customers place a premium on reliability, package density, and weight.
If you would like to learn more about Printed Circuits, Inc., rigid flex design guidelines, or UL considerations with rigid flex, visit their website at www.PrintedCircuits.com.
Contact:
Bob Burns
Printed Circuits, Inc.
1200 West 96th Street
Bloomington, Minnesota 55431-2699
Phone: (952) 888-7900
Fax: (952) 888-2719
E-mail: bburns@printedcircuits.com
