Steve, A good source of consulting income if you choose v scoring. I am now retired and available :-) John Sent from my iPad > 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 > > -- > > > This email and any attachments are only for use by the intended > recipient(s) and may contain legally privileged, confidential, proprietary > or otherwise private information. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, > dissemination, distribution or other disclosure of the contents of this > e-mail or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the > original.