PCB Online Pricing Analysis - What exactly affects PCB Prices?

Since the mention of Industry 4.0, China's traditional manufacturing has gradually changed into intelligent manufacturing. The combination of manufacturing and information technology is a breakthrough in China's industrial history. Therefore, PCB online pricing system can be said to be the product of The Times, it breaks the traditional factory off-line quotation mode, greatly improve the factory production efficiency.

However, many people are confused by the variable price of the online quotation system. The following is an example of the online pricing system independently developed by hunting Board to say the reasons for the variable price.

1. The selection of plate type affects the price

PCB industrial chain from upstream raw materials to midstream base materials, each link will have an impact on PCB quotation, and the cost of raw materials accounts for the largest proportion of PCB operating costs, about 60-70%.

PCB manufacturers on the market to provide a variety of boards are different, the price is not the same. Manufacturers provide too many plate types, shoddy, uneven phenomenon is not easy to distinguish. Therefore, we provide Kingboard FR-4 and CIM-1 which can basically meet all product requirements. Compared with CIM-1, the FR-4 has a wide range of adaptation and high performance, and therefore a higher price.

2. Different production processes lead to price diversity

Different production processes result in different costs. Take the hunting board pricing system as an example, the price difference between the gold plate and the bare copper plate is 90 yuan, the tin spray, OSP structure are also different, in addition to the surface treatment, plate thickness, copper thickness, whether the plate and other processes will form different costs, resulting in the diversity of prices.

3. Different production difficulties affect the price

Process difficulty is the main factor affecting pricing, the price of six-layer board, eight-layer board is several times or even dozens of times of single and double panel. The complex process of multilayer board and high scrap rate result in high cost.

At the same time, the difficulty level of PCB itself will also cause different costs. For example, there are 500 holes on two PCBS, with one aperture larger than 0.3mm and the other aperture smaller than 0.3mm, different drilling costs will be formed. The same principle holds for line width and line distance, which will also cause different production costs. Difficult PCB scrap rate is high, the cost is bound to increase, and then affect the price.

4. Special technology affects the price

At present, in the PCB industry, there are not many manufacturers that can do special processes. Some special processes such as large size board, resin plug hole, impedance control, plate edge coating copper, square groove, etc., may need to introduce a batch of special equipment to meet the production conditions, increasing the equipment cost; At the same time, due to the particularity of the process, it also increases the manufacturing cost.

The above basically includes several factors affecting PCB quotation. To be specific, in addition to raw material cost, process difficulty and other factors, different regions will also affect the freight price. Customer special requirements, such as solder color, reporting requirements, shipping requirements, etc., will also affect the final offer to a lesser extent.

The cost calculation of PCB industry is the most special and complex in all electronic industries. The online pricing system perfectly solves the disadvantages of traditional quotation, and also reflects the intelligent level of a PCB factory. The online pricing system independently developed by Hunting Board is simple to operate, price transparent, convenient to check price details, and very friendly to new users.