So, what factors affect the price of fpc soft board?

1、 The price of fpc soft board varies with the data selected

For example, common double-sided soft boards, such as PI and PET, have sheet thicknesses ranging from 0.0125mm to 0.10mm, and copper thicknesses ranging from 1/3oz to 3oz, all of which form a large price difference. At the same time, there is a certain price difference between different manufacturers or brands of materials. This is the price variety of materials. The materials also include steel sheet, FR4, PIFCCI copper foil reinforcement materials and auxiliary materials.

2、 The process used for FPC does not need to be different in price

Different consumption processes also result in different costs. For example, we use gold deposition, tin deposition or OSP to request the accuracy of the shape, and use wet film lines or dry film lines to form different costs, resulting in different prices.

3、 Flexible circuit boards have different technical difficulties and different prices

In the case of the same request and process, if our flexible circuit boards have different design difficulties, they will also have different costs. For example, for two types of circuit boards, one type of board has excessive holes, and the other is within the range of normal standards, so the drilling costs are different. There are unfinished lines, for example, one type of line width is greater than 0.1mm, and the other type of line spacing is less than 0.1mm. This will also form a price difference. Because the board with great difficulty has a high scrap rate, the cost will inevitably increase, resulting in different prices.

4、 The price varies depending on the customer's request

The level of the customer's request will directly affect the scrap rate of the board factory. For example, according to IPC-A-6013, the qualified rate of the class1 request is 98%, but according to the class3 request, the qualified rate may be only 90%. Therefore, the board factory has different costs, and finally the product price is variable.

5、 Price diversity formed by different manufacturers of flexible circuit boards

Even with the same product, different manufacturers have different costs due to their different process equipment and technical level. Nowadays, many manufacturers like to consume gold plated plates. Due to the simple process and low cost, some manufacturers also consume gold plated plates, which will increase as they are scrapped, resulting in cost improvement. Therefore, they prefer to consume tin sprayed plates or tin plated plates, so their quotation for tin sprayed plates is lower than that for gold plated plates.

6、 Price difference caused by different payment methods

At present, flexible circuit board manufacturers generally adjust the price of flexible circuit boards according to different payment methods, ranging from 5% to 10%, thus forming price differences.

7、 Different regions form the diversity of prices

At present, from the perspective of astronomical location, the price is increasing from south to north in China, and there are certain differences in prices in different regions, so different regions also form a variety of prices.

8、 Different electroplating methods lead to different prices

Some electroplating is higher than the overall electroplating by about 15%.

9、 Treatment of partial appearance of golden finger

The difference between gold plating and tin plating is about 5%

10： The defective rate in the consumption process of fpc soft board also determines the unit price of fpc soft board

11： The cost of SMT on behalf of customers and the rise and fall of defect rate also determine the unit price of fpc soft board