Engineers and designers in many industries rely on the accuracy, precision and consistency of photo etched precision metal components. Customers in many industries rely on Conard Corporation to provide the quality, service and value that their photo etching applications demand.
As an AS9100C/ISO9001 and ITAR registered small business enterprise, Conard has long-established relationships with leading enterprise-level customers. We are fully cognizant and capable of meeting the most exacting requirements.
Specializing in photochemical manufacturing, Conard employs both photo etching and nickel electroforming processes to deliver precision solutions for increasingly demanding leading technologies.
Nickel electroforming, an additive manufacturing process, can produce parts as thin as .0003" with features less than .001".
Conard produces precisely shaped metal parts, components, and sub-assemblies for the aerospace, computer, electronic, medical, optical, and other industries for technology-driven More... OEM's.
Photo etching versatility allows the fabrication of parts as small as .020" diameter or up to 24"x60". The process is effective for an extensive array of metal alloys, including stainless, carbon and silicon steels, nickel, nickel-iron and nickel-iron-cobalt alloys, copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, molybdenum, and silver. Material thickness ranges from .001" to .040" in ferrous, .065" in copper and up to .080" in aluminum.
Photo etching is also the go-to process for fabricating power electronic devices on direct bond copper on ceramic substrates. Medical, industrial and veterinary MRI equipment utilize photo etching to produce copper field and litz magnetic coils. PEM fuel cells in a range of architectures rely on photo etching for stack and cell elements. The range of applications in RF, microwave, and wireless technologies is nearly endless and changing daily. Even comparatively pedestrian industrial applications for shims, gaskets, spacers, retainers, and shields find economical precision solutions in photochemical etching.
Both chemical etching and electroforming are finding growing applications as technologies are demanding greater power and performance in smaller and smaller packages. The level of complexity and detail that can be achieved with photochemical manufacturing is unmatched by more conventional fabricating processes.