Domestic PCB Capabilities

Manufacturing That Eliminates Risk & Improves Reliability
Domestic PCB Capabilities
A History of Innovation…
10-28-2020

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America's Oldest, a History of Innovation
 Privately held company, established in 1952.
 Estimated 2020 sales: US$60 million
 210 employees worldwide
(177 – North America, 30 – Asia, 3 – Europe)
 Design and manufacture customized, build-to-print,
performance-critical products for all sectors of the electronics
industry.
 Leading provider of printed circuit boards, custom battery packs, energy efficient fans & motors,
cable assemblies, flex and rigid-flex PCB’s, RF/Microwave filter products, flexible heaters and high
reliability SMART user interfaces.
 Integrated supply chain management solutions to handle the complexity of today’s global
marketplace while making sure that every order is being manufactured at the “right” factory.

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Custom Battery Packs Flex & Rigid-Flex PCBs
High Reliability SMART
User Interfaces
Quick Turn – High Tech
Printed Circuit Boards
CNC Machining Printed Circuit Boards
Class III
Cable Assemblies
RF/Microwave Filter
Products
Our Manufactured in the USA Products

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USA PCB Manufacturing Facility
 Opened in 1984
 Located in Irving, TX (Dallas)
 ITAR Registered
 46 Employees
 45,000 Square Feet
 ISO 9001:2015 Certified
 Cage Code: 67370

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PCB Capabilities
 Up to 34 Layers
 Compliant to MIL31032 and MIL55110, IPC
Class III
 AS9100 - full reporting capabilities
 Full Etch Back
 ENIG, Hard Gold, HASL & ENEPIG
 Z Axis Milling
 Edge Plating
 Micro BGA
 Controlled Impedance to +/-5%
 Via-In-Pad Technology
 3/3 lines and spacing
 Down to 2 mil dielectrics
 Reverse Pulse Plating for high aspect ratio
 X Ray fluorescence metallurgical analysis
 Heat Sinks and Thermal Planes
 LPI, Dry Film and Epoxy Soldermask
 Selective Tin/Lead & Nickel Gold Plating
 Up to 6 lamination cycles
 Pneumatic via fill for Filled, Plugged & Stacked Vias
 Mixed and Un-Balanced Copper Constructions
 Cu & Aluminum Cores
 Exposed Cavities and Air Gaps

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Heavy Copper PCB’s
 Epec is the industry leader in
building Heavy Copper PCBs up
to 20 oz. and EXTREME Copper
to 200 oz.
 Heavy Copper Production Capabilities:
– Maximum Number of Layers = 50
– Laminate – FR-4 (All Tg Ranges), Teflon,
Ceramic, Polyimide
– Finished Thickness = 0.020" - 0.500"
– Minimum Soldermask Clearance – 6 mils
– Minimum Solderdam Width – 5.5 mils
– Hot Air Solder Leveling (HASL)
– Immersion Gold (ENIG) & Immersion Silver
– ITAR
– Blind & Buried Vias
– Minimum Drill Bit Hole Size = .012"
– Minimum Holes Size - 0.008" +0.005"/-0.008"
– Maximum Hole Aspect Ratio = 10:1
– Maximum Copper Weight = 200 oz.
– Controlled Impedance +/- 10%
– Minimum Silkscreen Line Width – 8 mils
– Multiple Copper Weights on the Outer Layers

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Significant Equipment Investment
 Investing 10% of revenues in new equipment every year.
2 Lamination Presses 6 CNC Drill Machines
Laser Drill
Laser Direct Imaging
Planarizer Flying Probe ET Ink Jet Silk Screen AOI

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Materials
 Capabilities
– FR-4 (Epoxy)
– PTFE
– Ceramic
– Polyimide
– PTFE/Glass
– Hydrocarbon/Ceramic
– High Temp FR-4
– FR-4/Phenolic
– Hybrid Designs

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Domestic Flex & Rigid Flex
 Over 30 years of design and manufacturing experience in high reliability applications that address
many design parameters.
Shielded Applications:
• EMI & RF
• Multiple options available
– Silver Ink
– Copper Layers
– EMI Shielding Films

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Domestic Rigid-Flex Capabilities
 Fine lines down to 50 microns (0.002”)
 Minimum pitch 100 microns (0.004”)
 Microvias to 100 microns (0.004”) for 2-layer flex
 Precision mask registration
 Eccobond
 Adhesiveless or adhesive based laminate
– Dupont Kapton
– Panasonic
– TaiFlex
 Thermal dissipative materials
 Stiffeners – FR-4, Polyimide, Stainless Steel,
Aluminum
 Maximum Panel Size – 24″ x 30″
 Book Binders

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Our capabilities
 Metal backed and metal core PCBs
 CNC Tolerance Milling
– We own our own machine shop
 Back drilling
 Embedder Resistors

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Specialized Equipment
 In order to properly manufacture mil/aero, flex/rigid-flex PCBs, and RF/Microwave
PCBs, significant investment in specialized equipment to meet the demanding
tolerances required in these applications, including:
– Laser Direct Imaging
– Plasma Etch
– Autoclave Lamination
– X-Ray Drill
– CNC/Optical Machining
– Laser Drilling
– High Speed Flying Probe Test
– X-Ray Inspection and Registration
– Genesis CAM System

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Technical Assistance
 Field Application Engineers Available 24/7 that can assist with:
– DFM Reviews
– Impedance Calculations
– DRC
– Test Coupon Design
– Laminate Selection
 All the latest design tools from:
– Mentor Graphics
– Polar Instruments
– IGI
– Altium
– Orbotech

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Aerospace PCB Mfg. Footprint
 Domestic PCB Manufacturing – Dallas, TX
 Offshore PCB Manufacturing – China, Taiwan, Malaysia
 All PCB manufacturing engineering done in the USA
 Full ITAR data management capabilities including customer specific ShareFile
account access in order to transfer PCB data
Description Result
Overall Sales $60M
Military/Aerospace Business $21M (35%)
Domestic PCB Mfg. – Mil/Aero $12M
Off Shore PCB Mfg. - Mil/Aero $4M
AS9100 Shipments/Mo Average 40
Flex/Rigid Flex PCB $6M

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Military & Aerospace Customers

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AS9100 Inspection Investment
 InspectionXpert Software
 Balloon your part drawings and extract the characteristics in one step.
Your tolerances are automatically applied, and the spec limits are
calculated.
 Reduces time and cost to complete AS9100 reports and improves
accuracy
 Import our CMM data into our project and have the measurement
results auto-assign to the corresponding feature. Then publish the
data directly to your inspection report.

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Epec Quality Certifications
 AS9100C Compliant
 ISO 9001:2015
 ITAR Registered: M27406
 CAGE Code: 08817
 IPC Level A Instructor In House
 Full HALT/HASS and Environmental Testing In House

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Application Experience
 BAE Systems - User Interface - On Board Handset
Boeing 777
 HONEYWELL Aerospace - Backup Battery for a flight
Altimeter
 Northrop Grumman - Extreme Copper PCB - Copper
Slugs imbedded in a PCB - Nuclear Rod Control
Board for Submarines
 Cobham - User Interface - Helicopter Cockpit Control
 Northrop Grumman - Mixed Extreme Copper PCB -
IED Detection System ASTAMIDS
 Lockheed Martin - PCB's - Countermeasure systems
and submarine antenna systems
 L3 - User Interfaces & PCB's - SATCOM Subsystems
 Raytheon - PCB's - Communication Systems
 Cobham Mission Systems - User Interface & PCB -
Battery Test Unit for Parachute Deployment in Cockpit
 Pratt & Whitney – Flex PCB - Engine Harmonic
Sensor used during initial engine start up and test
 Radiant Power – Rigid PCB – Flex PCB - Small craft
black box data recorder
 Ametek Aerospace – PCB’s – Aircraft Cooling
Systems
 PCB's & Flex - Applications Unknown
– Naval Surface Warfare
– NASA
– US Army Research Lab
– Jet Propulsion Labs
– SPAWAR

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PCB Delivery Services
STANDARD LEAD TIME - 20 Working Days
Technology 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5 Day 7 Day 10 Day
1 - 4 Layers x x x x x x
6 - 10 Layers x x x x
> 10 Layers x x x
* Both Prototype and Production Quantities

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