Interplex Etch Logic was established following the acquisition of the continuous chemical etching division of Texas Instruments, considered by many to be the world's leading reel-to-reel photo chemical etcher. Located in Attleboro Massachusetts, Interplex Etch Logic has developed many new and innovative applications for automotive, telecom, connector, filtration and medical components. The company's proprietary reel-to-reel chemical etching technology creates chemically etched precision metal components with very close tolerances and a high level of repeatability and consistency, outperforming competing technologies such as panel etching.

BENEFITS OF CONTINUOUS REEL-TO-REEL PHOTO CHEMICAL ETCHING:

• Continuous reel-to-reel chemical etching, sometimes called photo etching or chemical milling, has the ability to hold very tight tolerances for small feature sizes with a very high degree of repeatability and consistency.
  
• The increased repeatability and consistency significantly reduces the total cost of quality, especially in high reliability applications.
  
• Customers can design burr-free, precision metal chemically etched components with ultra fine pitches, intricate shapes and 3-D feature profiles, unavailable using traditional metal stamping processes.
  
• Chemically etched parts can be produced in a high volume environment which reduces tooling and production costs, while improving time to market.
  
• Reel-to-reel photo-chemically etched parts can be presented to other automated manufacturing processes such as forming, plating, insert molding and assembly on a reel, further reducing total manufacturing costs.