(pressebox) (Aarbergen, 2015-06-30) Flexible Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) offer advantages in many areas of electronics design. Typical examples are parts which have to move during operation or PCBs which have to bend to fit into a limited space of an enclosure. For the development of prototypes Beta LAYOUT now offers the production of flexible PCBs as a pooling service. PCBs from different orders are produced together resulting in lower costs. With the new service, customers benefit not only from lower costs but also from short lead times. Standard delivery is 22 working days; 16 working days is also possible. The flex PCBs are manufactured in Germany, orders can be placed online via the well-established website: www.pcb-pool.com.

Flexible PCBs are available as single-sided or double-sided. The base material and the coverlay films are produced from polyimide; the copper layer has a thickness of 18 µm. On the website (www.pcb-pool.com) Beta LAYOUT provides technical information, which is helpful when using flexible PCBs: Layout recommendations, possible bending radiuses, and a guideline for drying flexible PCBs before assembly can be found.

About Beta LAYOUT GmbH: Beta LAYOUT (www.beta-layout.com) is a leading company in Europe in the field of printed circuit board services. Beta LAYOUT was founded in 1989 as a service provider for printed circuit board design. Today, Beta LAYOUT GmbH not only produces and sells printed circuit board prototypes, high-tech PCBs, and small series according to the PCB-POOL® shared-cost principle at three locations in Germany, but also laser-cut SMD stencils, front panels including laser engraving and colour printing, 3D prints and prototypes for collision detection, in addition to the BETA eSTORE which offers tools and accessories for prototype PCB builds. Moreover, Beta LAYOUT offers the embedding of RFID chips in printed circuit boards, and SMT/THT assembly. Beta LAYOUT, with its headquarters in Aarbergen/Germany and further locations in Ireland, France, South Africa, and the US, has more than 200 employees. Beta LAYOUT GmbH is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and UL-certified. This guarantees a quality standard that is required by worldwide operating industrial enterprises.