Hi Steven, Thank you very much for your advice. I appreciate it and have saved it and forwarded it to my co-workers who will help with the assembly. I hope you have a good weekend. Richard On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Steven Creswick <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Richard, > > Can not recommend a specific supplier either, however would recommend that > you diamond saw the boards to singulate rather than score and break, etc. > > Most hybrid mfrs that deal with ceramics, or dicing of wafers can easily > saw > generic laminates, leaving the module with mirror smooth edges and little > tearing, smearing of the castellation metallization. Amounts to selection > of blade, feed and speed. Have diced boards ranging from 0.010-0.062" > thick > using this method. > > Since your have a single-sided board, one would just attach the board to a > sacrificial plate [glass for example] with a water soluble wax after > assembly. Problems will surface if the board is warped, or tall components > are near the edges where the hub of the dicing blade may hit. > > Getting the board is the easy task. Am sure that you can find a facility > somewhere nearby that can dice them for you... > > > Steve Creswick > http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevencreswick > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Hatano > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 1:57 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] looking for castellation board vendor recommendation > > Hello Everyone, > > It's been a few years since I've been on TechNet, and it's good to see some > familiar names. I hope you're all doing well in these difficult times. > > I know my question begs more questions, but I would like to hopefully keep > it simple by asking if anyone can recommend a pcb fab company to get some > boards with castellated edges made. > > Right now these are prototype and I don't know what the quantity will > eventually be. Other than the castellation there is nothing strange about > them. They are less than 1 sq. in. in area, 4 layer, SMD one side, 6/6 mil > trace/space, 14 mil via. Having thinner boards (0.031") would be preferred > but seems to really impact cost, so it is a secondary parameter. > > If anyone can reply with a recommendation it would be hugely appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 > for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at > [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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