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Chemical Etching with Copper

E-Fab Materials Copper Bar

Engineers call for copper when electrical and thermal conductivity is critical for successful part implementation. Copper is a reliably available metal that is easy to process and budget-friendly. Plus, it’s malleable enough to be used in many manufacturing processes to create accurate parts.

E-Fab’s copper manufacturing experience includes producing flex circuit parts, stiffeners, busbars, and micro bumps. We have a decades-long track record of supplying electronics, defense, industrial, technology, and communications industries with our precision copper parts. 

We welcome your questions about how to use copper for your parts. 

Types of Copper We Use

We are experts working with copper and utilize pure and alloy copper materials depending on our customers’ design requirements and application needs.

Here are the most common alloys of copper we use:

101   110   194   Copper Nickel

Call us to discuss which copper alloy is right for your part.

Copper Etching Capabilities

Panel SizeMin. 6” x 6”, max. 24” x 24”
Panel ThicknessMin. 0.001”, max. 0.063”
Hole SizeMin. 0.006” or 125% of material thickness
SpacingMin. same as material thickness
Inside & Outside RadiiInside: Approx. 80% material thickness Outside: Material thickness
Center-center hole distanceDIA + material thickness
Etch Tolerance± 10% material thickness, no less than ±0.0005”

Why Choose Copper

Affordable
Versatile
Easy to Process
Flexible
Copper’s numerous benefits makes it a preferred metal for engineers and designers. In addition to the material’s conductivity and flexibility, copper is easy to work with while manufacturing precision parts, will accept nearly any finish, and conforming coatings can provide anti-oxidation protection for PCB applications.

E-Fab manufacturers are experts at etching and forming copper to precise standards and specifications.

We’ve produced flex circuit parts, stiffeners, busbars, and micro bumps used in the electronics, defense, industrial, technology, and communications industries.

E-Fab is an industry leader in delivering innovative, accurate, and reliable parts thanks to decades of experience and expertise in a suite of processes.

We are known for our experience and expertise in:

R&D
Engineering
Design Support
Photochemical Etching

Forming
Bonding
High-frequency Substrate CNC Machining

Deburring
Micromachining
Prototype
Supply Chain Acquisitions

We work with the world’s most important industries.

E-fab Aerospace
Aerospace
E-fab Industries Defense Army Tank
Defense
Eye Examination Test
Medical
E-fab Industries Technology
Electronics
Energy
E-fab Telecom Ground Satelite
Telecommunications
Containing Fuel in Auto Tank
Electr. Vehicles & Automotive

Contact us to discuss how we can deliver engineering and manufacturing solutions.