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Offline blueberryTopic starter

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Which PCB manufacturer has a white FR4 plate.
« on: January 08, 2018, 09:55:36 am »
Hi everyone,

Which PCB manufacturer has a white FR4 plate?
PCB plate(fr4) color is white, not PCB solder mask color.

Thanks a lot.

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Offline Kean

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Re: Which PCB manufacturer has a white FR4 plate.
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2018, 10:17:22 am »
See this earlier discussion on the same topic ... and good luck!

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/manufacture/not-too-yellow-fr4-material-for-pcbs/
 
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Re: Which PCB manufacturer has a white FR4 plate.
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2018, 10:43:28 am »
Coloured FR4 can be made, but it is a special order with significant leadtime and minimum order qty.
AFAIK there are no differences in the process, just a case of the PCB house sourcing the material.
You won't find a PCB supplier who offers it as standard unless they have some leftover from a previous job, and as it's an unusual requirement this is pretty unlikely
For small qtys you might find an exotic RF material that may be close to the colour you want, but chances are you'll still have a minimum order qty.
If you only want a few square feet, forget it. Not going to happen.
 
If you want a starting point, this company does non-copperclad FR4 in a few colours https://www.gaatech.com/fr4-g10-sheet-laminates-epoxyglass/
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Offline blueberryTopic starter

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Re: Which PCB manufacturer has a white FR4 plate.
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2018, 02:03:34 am »
Thank you very much, you helped me solve a big problem, this company does have the white FR4 I need. thanks again :-+
 

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Re: Which PCB manufacturer has a white FR4 plate.
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2018, 04:25:40 am »
You need double sided for PTH? If not then use CEM-1 - that can be white. Many makers use TiO2 to get a pure white.

Alternately in case you need PTH use CEM-3, cam-3 can be lite in color.

http://cipel.it/en/fr-4-and-cem-3.html
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