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thin sheet steel
Simon:
Well it's to put a PCB into. I was hoping to got the sheet material and we make the boxes like we usually do.
senso:
Will be cheaper to just use ready made shielding cans that you can buy at Mouser/Digikey/etc than laser cutting and making a die to bend the sheet into the required form..
Simon:
Wish me luck.
wizard69:
Shim stock is usually the easy way to get modest amounts of thin steel stock, for example: https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/00056200, or spring tempered steel: https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/00053082
The next opportunity is specialist suppliers, for example: https://www.thinmetalsales.com/ that likely will require high volume purchases. The trick here is going to be finding the right specialist supplier. You may need to do some networking to find the right supplier. The big concern here is the volume requirement but the same supplier likely might have a big scrap bin of drops.
Another possibility is finding a local sheet metal shop. One possibility is a shop that does laser work for the electronics industry. This might be especially useful if the shop does stencil work. A Shop doing custom chassis work is also worth looking for.
jmelson:
--- Quote from: Simon on April 06, 2020, 09:14:52 am ---I am designing various EMC filters that will need to be housed in steel. Usually sheet metal suppliers only go as low as 0.9mm but this is really thick and heavy for my needs. i am thinking more like the sort of metal used in RF cans and boxes in TV's. Is there anyone that supplies this sort of stuff?
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For small quantity, look for shim stock. I buy rolls of it in .003" (~.076 mm) thickness, but in brass. But, I'm pretty sure you can get shim stock in steel, also.
Jon
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