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Dimensions and Quantity

Enter the dimensions of your design in millimeters and the quantity.

scrap rate (cassation rate).

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System Boundary

Setting clear system boundaries is the backbone of any fair and accurate comparison.

But here’s a twist: what if we zoom in solely on the production processes, leaving out the material impact? This alternate perspective can reveal unique insights, stripping the comparison down to the efficiencies (or inefficiencies) of the manufacturing steps alone.

The two processes compared are the DPP process and the industry-standard chemical wet etching process for manufacturing FPCBs. For the DPP process, environmental impacts are calculated for both aluminum and copper coatings. For the chemical etching process, impacts are calculated only for copper, as it is the current industry standard. The study focuses on comparing these two processes for producing an identical product, so only the differing steps in each process chain are analyzed to accurately identify their differences.

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