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trichards02:
Long time lurker, first time poster!

I've been working on a rapid PCB prototyping machine for a while now, and I've gotten it to print some pretty good looking boards at this point. I've attached some photos of samples I've printed to this post, FR4, Flex, Rogers Ro4003, and a solder stencil. Right now, I'm printing boards with 2-4 mil spacing, plated thru-holes, soldermask, etc on FR4, Flex, Rogers, and Aluminum.

My question for you all is, how would you all see something like this fitting into the PCB prototyping and development space? The machine costs a lot less than comparable systems, i.e. LPKF's (both the machine itself and the consumables), but I'm having a tough time figuring out who might be interested in buying or leasing it. I've also thought about using it to offer same-day quick-turn services at a much lower cost than places like Sierra or Advanced Circuits. My hope is this would be especially helpful in reducing costs + lead times for prototyping with flex and RF materials.

What do you all think? Any advice, feedback, or recommendations would be really appreciated!

Simon:
The huge promise but little information is simply leading to people reporting this post as a scam. Maybe you should be more forthcoming. If you can do what you appear to claim your questions sound more than naïve.

ebastler:
Providing a link to your (?) website might have helped as a first step: https://u-fab.co/

Simon:

--- Quote from: trichards02 on November 02, 2024, 10:38:44 pm ---
My question for you all is, how would you all see something like this fitting into the PCB prototyping and development space? The machine costs a lot less than comparable systems, i.e. LPKF's (both the machine itself and the consumables), but I'm having a tough time figuring out who might be interested in buying or leasing it. I've also thought about using it to offer same-day quick-turn services at a much lower cost than places like Sierra or Advanced Circuits. My hope is this would be especially helpful in reducing costs + lead times for prototyping with flex and RF materials.

What do you all think? Any advice, feedback, or recommendations would be really appreciated!

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Well as you already have patents pending etc I assume that you know the answers to these questions? Or did you lay huge amounts of cash down on the off chance? This forum does not mind people announcing their new products if they are genuinely novel and interesting. The only thing people will be irritated by is someone constantly plugging the same thing or a service/product that is already commonplace.

mikeselectricstuff:
Your potential market is limited to the people who really,really need PCBs quickly (or are so paranoid they want to keep everything in house) , can't afford local quick-turn PCB services, and whose requirements fit the limitations of your machine, specifically multilayer, plated holes, laser vias etc.

In practice, the vast majority of PCB users can schedule their development around normal PCB schedules. probably the only ones that really need fast iterations are the RF  wizards.

There's a reason LPKF are pretty much the only people making gear for rapid in-house PCBs

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