Steve,
A good source of consulting income if you choose v scoring. I am now retired and available :-)

John

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> On Feb 24, 2017, at 11:46 AM, Steve Gregory <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Good Morning all,
> 
> We're about to build a MCPCB (Metal Core) and I'm having a little issue
> about panelizing it. It's a little teardrop shaped board about 1.5" wide by
> 3.5" long. So I did a panel drawing for the board shop to panelize this for
> me:
> 
> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/Aluminum_Core_PCB.jpg
> 
> I have one board shop telling me that the v-score is the best way to go as
> far as being able to depanelize it after building it, and I have another
> board shop telling me that a tab routed mousebite is the way to go because
> a v-score will make the panel too flimsy. So what is your take on it? The
> board has doubl sided SMT
> 
> I've built metal core boards before at a past employer but they weren't
> panelized, so I'm not quite sure how stable it might be with a v-score, or
> how difficult it would be to singulate with a mousebite. Also we do almost
> all of our depaneling here manually, we don't have anything but a foot
> operated pneumatic tab nibbler.
> 
> Any input is appreciated,
> 
> Steve
> 
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