Christina Cyr's video: PCB Manufacturing Tour of Prototron by Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson gave us a tour this morning of of Prototron in Redmond, WA, USA and explained to us the detailed process involved with making PCBs at their facility. I had no idea manufacturing PCBs took so much work! - Direct Image - Inner Layer Image - Inner Layer Etch - Post Etch Punch - Pre Lam Inspect - Automatic Optical Inspection (A.O.I.) - Lamination Lay-up - Primary Drilling - Electroless Copper - Outer Layer Image - Plating - Tin Plate - Outer Layer Dry Film Strip - Outer Layer Etch - Tin Strip - Quality Control Pre-Mask Inspection - Soldermask - Final Surface Finish - Nomenclature/ID - Electrical Test/Dry Lab - Final Fabrication