Publications

What is the PCMI library?
The PCMI produces a number of publications each year, that are designed to help manufacturers of PCM deliver greater benefit to their customers and the businesses they represent.
Available to purchase
Electronic copies of journal archives and general PCM related information are all available to members and non members to purchase, at a minimal cost via the library.
Free publications for members
As part of the PCMI membership, members receive technical journals for FREE. Simply use the coupon code given to you when you checkout. If you have misplaced this code, please contact Catherine Flaherty by phone: (508) 385-0085 or email: cflaherty@pcmi.org.
The publications
The publications cover a broad range of subjects from process information and latest equipment technology through to market applications of the PCM process. If you have any questions about your order or the products we offer in our store, be sure to contact us.
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Understanding the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Understanding the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
April 1981
Toxic waste is a topic that we are all too familiar with. It
is one of thooe ugly problems that we all wish we could
resolve rather quickly.
Uniformity of Etching
Summer 1992
Uniformity of Etching
The etching requirements for lead frames have continuously
increased in the past few years with the advent of the fine pitch
surface mount devices such as the plastic leaded chip carrier
(PLCC) and the plastic quad flat pack (PQFP).
Update on Environmental Regulations for Photochemical Machining
Spring 1993
Update on Environmental Regulations for Photochemical Machining
Government regulations affecting PCMI members continue to
increase. The increase is not so much from the enactment of new
legislation but from broader interpretation of existing legislation
by the regulatory agencies and by stricter enforcement of current
laws.
Update on the Second Phase of the Round Robin Test Program
Update on the Second Phase of the Round Robin Test Program
Spring 1984
Carl Whinery, Northwest Chemical Milling, Inc
Visiting Photochemical Machining
March 2000
Visiting Photochemical Machining
The photochemical machining or chemical
milling industry is worth studying since it has
advanced teclmologics which it shares with PWB
filbrieation. This “niche technology,”
Waste Minimization in the Etching Process
Winter 1992
Waste Minimization in the Etching Process
With the increasing costs and liabilities associated with waste
generation, it has become a necessity for industry to look more
closely at its process areas to identify ways in which waste
generation can be minimized.
Waste Water Management and Treatment Today
Winter 1989
Waste Water Management and Treatment Today
As the representative ofGuetling for the Dutch speaking part of
this world, I have been given the honor to address this
meeting.
Water Conservation – why and how
July 1981
Water Conservation – why and how
The following guidelines were developed by Mr. James K.
Rogers. Digital Equipment Corporation and are provided for
information to manufacturers using tbe PCM process.
Water Pollution Control
Spring 1993
Water Pollution Control
Water Pollution Control is becoming increasingly more
important within the United Kingdom. This paper was designed
to give the local authority’s point of view as to present and future
developments.
Zero-Defect Phototools
Spring/Summer 1995
Zero-Defect Phototools
A THOUGHT: The product never gets better than the
phototool. The best you can hope for is a product as
good as or worse than the phototool.