Our ISO accredited copper etching service offers a fast, cost-effective alternative to traditional stamping, laser and water-jet cutting.
Due to thier delicate, reflective nature, laser cutting and stamping copper-based alloys have proven difficult, often compromising material integrity, flatness or quality of cut.
Chemical etching produces burr-free, stress-free, flat copper components without altering material properties or integrity.
Suitable copper and copper alloy grades
| Beryllium Copper | All grades |
| Brass | All grades |
| Copper | All grades, including oxygen-free |
| Ferry | – |
| Nickel Silver | All grades |
| Phosphor bronze | All grades |
Etched copper components
We chemically etch tens of thousands of custom copper components each month for a wide range of engineering applications.
As copper is highly conductive, durable, ductile and malleable, it is well suited to 2-D and 3-D electronics components.
Typical components etched include:
- Contacts, pins, terminals, and connectors for electronics devices
- EMI/RFI shielding
- Fingerstock gaskets
- Meshes and filters
- UHF/microwave antennas
- Lead frames
- Busbars
Benefits at a glance
- Prototype to volume — fast
- No hard tooling
- Low-cost design iterations — fast
- Burr-and stress-free – metal properties unaffected
- Lead-times in days, not months
- All copper and copper alloy grades
- Accuracy to ±0.025mm
Materials
- Beryllium copper
- Brass
- Copper
- Ferry
- Nickel silver
- Phosphor bronze
