Hey Steve, how ya doin'?

    We just ordered a set of plyimide stencils and the very initial
results are excellent.  We spec'd them the same as our stainless, in
regards to thickness etc.  I think they stock 5-8 mil but can go as thin
as 2 mil.  You better check those figures, though.  The only thing that
changed was that the paste-release was significantly improved, and
set-up time was cut in half because the operator can see through the
stencil.  We are using a metal blade, and we had them laser cut the
whole thing.  They have their ballpark pricing on their homepage, but it
was about $375 for a 2000 aperture stencil ($300 for first order).  We
do not use ultra-sonic cleaning, but their hompepage discusses that,
too.  Hope this helps, Steve!

Ryan Jennens
Phoenix Engineering

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