HAVERHILL, MA – Engineering firm DKN Research and NY Industries, a circuit board manufacturer, launched a prototype and engineering service for printable electronics.

The firms established a prototype service for trials with new printable electronics products, using printing equipment and other circuit manufacturing facilities, including roll-to-roll systems with broad ranges of thick-film circuit technologies.

Ohtsu, Japan-based NY Industries is currently capable with a thick-film printing process for broad ranges of substrate materials for both rigid and flexible circuits; fine line traces down to 30 µm line and space; high conductivity thin thick-film traces down to 3 µm; single-side circuits, double-side circuits and multilayer up to eight layers; printed via holes with mechanically drilled holes and printed holes; solderable thick-film circuits; embedded resistors from 100 ohms to 10 megaohms; embedded capacitances up to 10,000 picofarads; embedded inductances with various constructions, and embedded EL devices with inorganic materials.