SMD stencils for PCB assembly

As a PCB supplier, we manufacture boards on a daily basis for EMS service providers and in-house assembly departments. We understand that your processes are highly automated, your tolerances are tight, and your deadlines are tight. What matters to you is not just a promise, but the consistent quality of every single board – from the first prototype right through to series production.

This is exactly where we come in. Our entire manufacturing process is designed to meet the requirements of downstream assembly:

• As soon as your PCB data arrives, we check it using a comprehensive design rule check.
• When using our panel configurator (in the price calculator), three registration marks (fiducials) with solder mask cut-outs are automatically placed asymmetrically at the panel edge (⌀ registration mark 1.5 mm; ⌀ cut-out 3 mm). Perfect for your automatic placement machine.
• Our precise solder mask application prevents solder bridges, not only on fine-pitch designs.
• We carry out rigorous testing and quality control during and after PCB production. This gives you the assurance that you are holding a tested and reliable board in your hands when you start assembly.

Our 1-Click stencil is another example of how we make life easier for assemblers: one click, and you receive a laser-cut SMD stencil that fits your layout manufactured by us exactly. No manual exporting of paste data, no separate uploading, no version matching.

If you are assembling using a quick-change system or standard frame (e.g. QuattroFlex, DEK VectorGuard, 23x23” aluminium frame, etc.), you can also save your own stencil templates in your customer account. Here you can save the frame type, stencil thickness, desired paste reduction, label positioning, etc. You can then apply this template to every new order with just one click. This saves time and avoids errors caused by manual data entry.

It is this seamless process chain – from layout to PCB to stencil – that assembly specialists value in us. Not because we are the biggest, but because we understand and master the interfaces.

For many years, conventional THT components (through-hole technology) have been used for the assembly of printed circuit boards. Their connecting wires are passed through soldering holes and soldered afterwards.

Up to now, this has changed drastically: the majority of modern circuit boards are equipped with SMD components (surface-mounted device), which only rest on the printed circuit board and require considerably less space. In addition, two-sided assembly is possible.

Modern assembly machines do their work fully automated, computer-assisted and much more efficient than THT.

Give the production of your circuit boards into our capable hands. Depending on your requirements, we will supply you with prototypes as well as series. In our circuit board online calculator, order the SMD-Stencil for PCB assembly directly together with your printed circuit board.

Depending on the type and size of the order, the complete production is possible for us starting at 48 hours. If you have any questions regarding our performance portfolio, please do not hesitate to contact our customer advisors / technicians who will give you expert advice!

PCB prototypes are usually assembled by hand. This gives the developer the opportunity to activate, test and possibly improve individual modules of the circuit one after the other. For THT components, the connecting wires of e.g. resistors, capacitors or transistors are inserted through the holes of the PCBs and soldered on the back. SMD (surface-mounted device) components are placed and soldered directly from above.

For the subsequent PCB assembly of series production, Multi-CB provides the PCBs - an assembler takes over the procurement and soldering of the components.