Hello
Today Gerber Systems Corporation has probably offers the best price
performance Laser photoplotters. They probably range from say 60K plus
thousand dollars. Gerber systems is based in Connecticut and you can
visit theri web site at www.gerbersystemscorp.com. You can also try
people like West cost enterprises, who specialise in dealing with second
hadn machineries, where you can an Excellong Laser Photoplotters which
will just get you going. Are also for that matter Cymbolic Sciences,
whosr MDA Fire series plotters are quite cheap, if you look for a second
hand version. If you need a detailed address, pls mail me I will send
them over to you.
tks
k.v.raj
From:
K.Varadaraj, Chief Executive, CADET Automation Systems, India.
Page: 91-809622733500, Phone: 91080-665 7215, Email:
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On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Jerry Cupples wrote:
> greetings, all:
>
> Our Company has a practice of ordering sets of 7 mil silver Mylar film for
> each new design, to check the actual layer images and to archive. We are
> designers and builders of circuit assemblies, and buy all boards externally
> from the same old large domestic board suppliers...you know who you are ;-)
>
> Of course, said film is not used for fabrication these days, but this all
> dates back to the days when it _was_ forwarded to the fab shop. It
> basically gets shoved into a drawer to collect the fingerprints of those of
> us flux stained wretches have to stuff 'em the next decade or so.
>
> We have the film plotted by a local service at a moderate cost, but it
> usually takes 24 hrs to get it. Sometimes, we find some minor issue which
> requires correcting the CAD (Allegro) files, re-sending the Gerber to the
> plotting service, and waiting for the checkfilm to "sign off" the design.
> The laser photoplots also have an annoying habit of getting some bizarre
> D-code in the aperture list, and needing to be re-shot.
>
> My interest is in getting a moderately priced plotter capable of running up
> to say "B" sized checkfilm with enough resolution for close inspection, but
> not necessarily with the resolution and accuracy required for working film.
> If such a piece of equipment could be justified, we would like to be able
> to make checkplots "inhouse". I'd guess we order about 40-60 sets of film a
> year.
>
> The film would only need to be good enough to verify the clearances and
> dimensions, and accurate layer-layer for checking our stackups.
>
> If anyone has a suggestion as to the software and hardware one could use
> for this purpose, please post here or email. I really have no idea what has
> happened to the prices of plotters in the last 10 years...
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jerry Cupples
> Interphase Corporation
> Dallas, TX USA
> http://www.iphase.com
>
>
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