Electronic circuit board assembly is a process that involves a lot of numerous challenges for fabricators. It is a sensitive operation that needs immense skills, great attention to details and hard work. This intricate process plays a vital role in the electronics industry leaving the margin of error to zero. Manufacturing these circuit boards presents plenty of challenges and fabricators should always address the common mistakes that mainly occur in doing this process. Having the knowledge of these issues will ensure the production of high-quality and reliable circuit boards. However, failure to address these common issues will result to incompetent circuit boards or in some cases unusable printed circuit boards.
To give you an idea of these common issues that may occur in electronic circuit board assembly, here’s a list of the most common mistakes that some fabricators commit.
List of the Most Common Pitfalls in Assembling A Printed Circuit Board
- Poor Spacing and Inadequate Trace Width - Proper spacing in circuit boards is crucial to ensure better electrical connections. Before integrating the copper traces into a printed circuit board, it’s very important to make sure the width is not too thin or thick for a better connection among the all the components.
- Inappropriate Copper Visibility - The copper traces that run throughout the outline of the board connects all of its different components. If the outline is exposed or a part of it is too visible, it can be very vulnerable to damages, that will render the board useless.
- Proper Drill Hit Spacing - When assembling a printed circuit board, it is important to maintain a 10 mil spacing between the small in the size range of 65 mils. Failing to do this will lead to cracking of other holes due to drilling under high speeds.
Those are the common mistakes in electronic circuit board assembly that fabricators must avoid. There are other mistakes that can be committed in the process of designing and manufacturing PCBs. However, to avoid making these crucial errors, one must a have a keen eye and great attention to details to ensure good results. Like the way Permatech is doing it, they use their vast experience in the electronics industry, their well-trained technicians always make sure to avoid these common pitfalls that are made by other companies.