Metal Core PCB Manufacturer

Adrian Leitch

It was easy to order online from OurPCB with instant price quoting. I had a recent bad experience with another international PCB fabricator that has changed owners and the quality had dropped, in this case the PCB boards I received were nearly flawless. I'm not sure if it's standard but I personally got my boards back in a week. Price competitive with other international fabricators. The detailed report provided along with the boards is also very useful. Recommended.

Andrew Durrant

These guys are great, good customer service.

Andrew Peeler

Prompt service, good price structure, high quality PCBs that are delivered on or before the specified date

Andrew Wood

Always excellent service and quick turn around. We are very happy with the service from OurPCB

Ben Thomas

These guys were a pleasure to work with, accurate lead times, fast delivery and an overall high quality product.

Darren Larosa

I've been working with them for some time now and always receive excellent service. Board quality is fantastic. Competitive pricing. I recommend when given the chance.

Debra Beukes

Fantastic company to deal with, excellent turn around, always very helpful.

Eastern Europe Archives

Had a run of PCBs created for our school. Used kicad Gerber files which matched perfectly with their online system . Couldn't believe how easy the process was. Fast turn around and the PCBs are of very high quality and price is very reasonable . Highly recommended and will return again.

frankyc

Been working with these guys for over 10 years now. The quality of their PCBs is first class with excellent delivery schedules. Any problems or 'extras' are handled promptly and efficiently. No hesitation in recommending them for any PCB manufacturing.

Fred Van

Smooth seamless quoting, excellent pricing, and top quality product delivered on time. Excellent service!

Greg MacDonald

simple, easy website; quick response

John Powell

I now use only OurPCB because of their simple instant online quotation and ordering system with PCB drag and drop files. The PCB quality is excellent, with excellent competitive prices to meet my PCB delivery urgency as required. Mark provides quick, excellent & friendly technical support. I recommend OurPCB to all Aussie manufacturers to support our last Aussie PCB company !

Jonathan Pippard

Excellent easy to use ordering service with fast turn around, and very helpful, free, friendly advice given. The supplied PCBs were excellent quality, I will definitely use again and would recommend. Thank you!

Jordan Thurgood

OurPCB were fantastic to work with. Very helpful and practical in guiding us through the process and ensuring we got an excellent outcome. Delivered on time and product was as expected.

Justin Regan

Outstanding quality service, top quality PCBs, very fast turn around, great pricing, and an all-round great company to deal with.

Mark A

Used Ourpcb Australia for about 2 years now and recently switched all my work to them, Price / Quality is on point. Never had an issue and the local support is great.

Mark Pagura

Very fast turn around with good quality. Fast response to questions and very reasonable price.

Maryanne Hassell

They are FANTASTIC in everyway, super fast, always helpful and happy to talk with you and the prices are amazing. I will not deal with anyone else unless forced to. Thank-you OurPCB, you are the BEST!!

Matthew O'Neill

Good customer service, Dealt with Mark he's right onto it. Quality of board is great also. Thanks OurPCB

mitch clark

OurPCB have supplied our company with PCB circuit boards for the last five years. Firstly the quality is exceptional - Mark makes ordering circuit-boards easy. Where as in the past we have done the run around with component supply many times - Mark makes the process decisive and simple. The service is top notch. Highly recommended.

Oli

Great service and quality as well as proofing process which I haven't got when ordering small PCB runs from other companies.

Peter Lambert

I push these guys on every front from superfine technology through to quick delivery - the quality and service is the best I've had anywhere. A truly great fab shop that is a pleasure to work with.

Sasha Marks

Excellent service, quick turn around and helpful staff. We've been using OurPCB for nearly 10 years now, for both bare PCB and fully assembled and tested PCBA's also.

Slavko Mali

Excellent service at competitive prices

SPI MX

We have used ourPCB as our PCB supplier for 10 years because the quality has been perfect. Delivery; reliable and dependable.

Steve Visser

Friendly and easy to deal with

Steven Munari

Very quick delivery, Great pricing. Excellent Australia based customer support.

Steven Vatev

Awesome job, fast and friendly service . So much extra effort especially on the manufacturers side. Highly recommended to anyone in pcb design. Very reasonable rates too. Thank you.

Tane Pendragon

Fast turnaround, great customer support, good prices. Definitely recommended.

Tasmiah Khan

Great quality PCBs at low cost and excellent service

Trevor Gardner

Quick quote - delivery as promised and quality board - gets my vote

Contents

Metal Core PCB Manufacturer USA
Get Free quote now
Need Metal Core PCB?
about METAL CORE PCB/MCPCBS
THE MATERIALS AND THICKNESS LEVEL OF METAL CORE PCB
The Materials for Metal Core Boards
2 Layer Metal Core Boards
METAL CORE PCB APPLICATIONS
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF METAL CORE PCB
Single-Sided Metal Core PCB
Double Sided Metal Core PCB
Multilayer Metal Core PCB
THE BENEFITS OF METAL CORE PCBS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN METAL CORE PCBS VS. FR4 PCBS
OUR CERTIFICATIONS
Take a Factory Tour!
More PCB Services

Need Metal Core PCB?

We at OurPCB are here to assist you with all your Metal Core PCB needs. We offer various types of metal core PCBs to meet your needs, including single-sided, double-sided, and multilayer metal core PCBs. These PCBs efficiently manage heat, enhancing performance and reliability.

As a leading printed circuit board manufacturer, with numerous happy customers worldwide, especially in the USA, we provide high-quality, reliable PCB assembly services for all your electronic requirements.

about METAL CORE PCB/MCPCBS

The thermal PCB is another name for the metal core PCBs.

In short, the MCPCB is a PCB that has a metal base. That is, the PCBs main material for its plate or base is metal. The base metal material helps to spread heat cropping up during operation.

Hence, a base metal is a great heat conductor, and it helps to easily dissipate all the heat produced by the PCB during operation.

These days, we have new developments like the metal core that replaces the conventional CEM3 and FR4 materials used for old-designed PCBs.

Also, this metal core PCB helps to dispel heat from highly vulnerable components to low vulnerable parts like a heat sink.

THE MATERIALS AND THICKNESS LEVEL OF METAL CORE PCB

The metal core PCB usually comes in three options; Aluminum core PCB, Copper core PCB, or a mixture of specific metal alloys.

However, the aluminum core PCB is the most common material. Sometimes, materials like steel or brass get ordered, but it’s only on rare occasions.

As for thickness, metal core PCBs are usually very thick and extremely hard to cut into smaller pieces. And this could pose a slight problem for people that intend to cut the metal core PCB.

It’s also essential to check out the chemicals used in manufacturing the metal PCB materials and notice if they react to the metals.

Usually, the metal core PCB plates are about 30 mil – 125 mil in thickness. However, you can still find metal plates that are thinner or thicker.

The copper foil thickness of MCPCB is usually around 1 – 10 oz.

The Materials for Metal Core Boards

Metal Core Materials for 1-layer boards	Thermal Resistance	Thermal Conductivity	Dielectric Glass Transition (Tg)	Surface Resistivity	Tracking Resistance	Dielectric Breakdown (AC)
–	K/W	W/mK	°C	MΩ	PLC	kV
HA50 (3)	0.41	2.2	120	10^6	0	4.3
TC-Lam 2.0	0.50	2.0	100	10^7	0	5.0
Vitek VT-4B1	–	1.0	100	10^7	0	7.5
Vitek VT-4B3	–	3.0	130	10^8	0	9.0
AL-200	0.35	2.0	–	10^8	0	3.5
AL-300	0.30	3.0	–	10^8	0	3.5

2 Layer Metal Core Boards

Metal Core Materials for 2-layer boards	Thermal Resistance	Thermal Conductivity	Surface Resistivity	Dielectric Glass Transition (Tg)	Dielectric Breakdown (AC)
Ventek VT-4B1	–	1.0	10^7	100	7.5
Ventek VT-4A2	–	2.2	10^7	130	7.5
Ventek VT-4B3	–	3.0	10^8	130	7.5
CCAF-05	0.45	2.2	10^6	–	6.0

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METAL CORE PCB APPLICATIONS

Ideal for electronic communication equipment like electrical telegraphy, filter circuits, and frequency amplifiers.
It’s a perfect fit for audio equipment like balanced amplifiers, input & output amplifiers, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, audio amplifiers, and many others.
Power supply equipment like DC/AC converters, SW adjusters, switch regulators, and many others.
Used for Computers and Computing components like CPU motherboards and power supply devices.
Energy-saving lamps and lanterns, LED lamps.
Power devices like converters, solid relays, bridges, rectifiers, and many more.
Automation devices found in offices like motor drives.

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF METAL CORE PCB

THE BENEFITS OF METAL CORE PCBS

The major benefits of using metal core PCBs are:

1. It comes with a special substrate material that helps boost the design sturdiness of devices working at high temperatures.

2. The PCBs can expel surplus heat from devices.

3. It helps to blend dielectric polymer layers in high thermal conductivity—making them suitable for low thermal resistivity.

4. The PCBs dissipate heat 9-times faster than the regular FR4 PCBs.

5. It’s pretty solid and sturdy—in terms of its mechanical capacity.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN METAL CORE PCBS VS. FR4 PCBS

–	Metal Core PCBs	FR4 PCBs
Plated Through Holes	Plated Through Holes isn’t available for 1-layer Metal Core PCBs.	All its PCBs use Plated Through Holes.
Conductivity	High thermal conductivity, about 1.0W – 4.0W.	Low thermal conductivity, about 0.3W
Solder Mask	Solely White color solder mask available for only the top.	Dark color solder mask available for both bottom and top.
Machining Process	V-score must use diamond-coated saw blades.	Uses the regular machine processes
Thermal Relief	Provides its unique thermal relief; So, no plating processes, deposition, and drilling.	It involves longer drill cycles, adds lots of processes, and uses vias for heat transfers.
Thickness	Limited thickness variations	Wide range of thickness

OUR CERTIFICATIONS

IATF 16949:2016 ISO 9001:2015 ISO14001:2015 ISO13485:2016 UL Also, all our products follow the IPC & ROHS Standards. More importantly, we always strive to manufacture high-end PCB products.

Take a Factory Tour!

OurPCB Shijiazhuang opened in 2007. Today, this factory spans over 6,000 meters in total, is equipped with 5 SIEMENS SMT lines, and has 200 employees. 90% of the business at our factory in Shijiazhuang is for advanced PCB assembly.

We went on to build our second factory in Shenzhen in 2017. This factory is about half the size of Shijiazhuang, but it boasts 7 YAMAHA SMT lines, X-ray, and AOI. It’s dedicated to standard assembly service and employs 110 people.

In 2014, we opened OurPCB in Melbourne, Australia, to provide services to our English-speaking customers across the world.