Printed Circuits of Minneapolis (PCI) has purchased and will install a new Notion Systems n.jet direct solder mask and legend ink printer.

PCI specializes in manufacturing rigid-flex circuits and the n.jet additive print process is ideal in giving superb accuracy, as well as eliminating all exposure, development and stripping steps.

“We are very excited to bring this new technology in house” said Matt Tannehill, PCI’s Executive Vice President. “Direct printing of soldermask is a terrific improvement for us, it eliminates five process steps compared to the way we have been printing mask, it is 100% additive with no waste or mess, and each pass takes 38 seconds.  One panel, with soldermask and nomenclature on both sides, can be done in less than three minutes.  This will give our customers a much better product, at a higher quality, while increasing our productivity in a much smaller footprint” Matt explained.

“We are delighted to partner with Printed Circuits in the introduction of direct additive printing to add to their capabilities” said Peter Walshe, PCB Executive director at Notion Systems GmbH “The n.jet solder mask comes from a high accuracy and repeatability engineering background and offers numerous radical advances for PCB printing, including a unique vacuum hold down table to ensure the resist is only ever printed where it is required. Printed Circuits also had a wide range of optional extras in choosing their machine.”

ABOUT NOTION SYSTEMS GMBH

Notion System is the future of mass production additive manufacturing. The n.jet inkjet platform from Notion Systems is used by customers to produce printed circuit boards, OLED & QLED displays, sensors and high quality 3D parts. Notion Systems relies on decades of experience of their staff in bringing precise inkjet systems to customers and scaling up digital printing processes for functional material.

n.jet solder mask in action!

CONTACT
Peter Walshe / PCB Executive Director, email: peter.walshe@notion-systems.com

About Printed Circuits

Printed Circuits is a US manufacturer of multilayer flex and rigid flex printed circuit boards with over 40 years of experience building circuits typically used in high reliability applications such as medical, military and commercial electronics where customers place a premium on reliability, package density, and weight. For more information, visit us at www.printedcircuits.com, or please call or e-mail Bob Burns at (952) 886-9307 or Bburns@PrintedCircuits.com and visit them on the web at www.PrintedCircuits.com.