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The Cost Of Rigid Flex PCB: Why Do Rigid Flex PCB’s Cost More Than Other PCB’s?
At All Flex Solutions, we’re often asked about the cost of rigid flex circuits, namely the reasons behind their higher price point compared to standard rigid boards and flexible circuits with stiffeners. For context, a typical rigid flex PWB will cost about seven...
Rigid Flex PCBs: The Benefits, Pros & Cons
Rigid-flex PCBs (printed circuit boards) are a hybrid type of PCB that combine elements of both rigid and flexible circuit technologies to provide new advantages and offer suitability for new applications. The benefits of PCBs fabricated with both rigid and flexible...
Big Impact, Small Footprint: Innovative Flexible Heater Technology
Since their invention, flexible heaters have changed the way we think about countless products that include heating elements in their design. As a manufacturer of flexible heaters for many years, All Flex Solutions is proud to utilize the revolutionary technologies...
Understanding Rigid Flex Circuit Boards: Applications & Advantages of Rigid Flex PCB
A rigid flex PCB (printed circuit board), also called a rigid flex circuit board, is a hybrid circuit used in high-reliability, high-density applications. They offer several advantages over traditional hardboards and flex boards, but their higher cost often raises...
Reducing Catheter Assembly Time with CatheterFlex™
Application: All Flex’s CatheterFlex™ can help reduce catheter assembly time by up to 90%. Disclaimer: With technology advancing and catheters requiring more enhanced features, assembly time for these devices is going up. All Flex has been working with several...
Creating New and Optimized Designs With the Use of Mixed Foil Flex Circuits & Heaters
Application: Using mixed foils in multi-zone and combination flexible heaters and circuits. All flex uses a variety of materials when building flexible circuits and heaters, most common are copper for circuits and cupronickel (CU-NI) or Constantan for heaters....
Excising Flexible Circuit & Heater Parts from the Panel – Part II
Application: What Tooled methods to use when excising parts from a panel. In the flexible circuit and flexible heater industry parts are processed in panel form through the majority of the build process to help keep unit prices low. When it comes time to remove the...
Excising Flexible Circuit & Heater Parts from the Panel – Part I
Application: What Tool-Less Methods To Use When Excising Parts From A Panel. Tool-Less Methods Laser The most common and the most accurate tool-less method for excising a flexible circuit/heater is laser cutting. Laser cutting is done by an optically...
Catheter Flex Circuit : Catheter-Flex™ for Medical Applications
Application: Extended flex for medical catheters. All Flex is teaming up with medical device manufactures to revolutionize catheter designs. Today’s state of the art designs may include small Flexible Printed Circuits (FPCs) with electrode pads mounted to the...
High Wattage Polyimide Heater for Medical Applications
High Wattage Polyimide Heater for Molecular/DNA and P.O.C. Instruments Application: Using small high wattage heaters in medical instruments. All Flex’s customer base for Medical Diagnostic, DNA Testing, P.O.C. instruments and Cancer Diagnostics have been...
