PCB Technical Capabilities

A practical guide to our PCB manufacturing capabilities, tolerances, materials, and processes. Use it as a reference for Design for Manufacture (DFM) guidelines when you qualify Exception PCB as a supplier, review design requirements, and prepare projects for manufacture.

DESIGN GUIDE18 MAY 2026

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This PCB Capabilities List sets out Exception PCB’s manufacturing capability across rigid, flex, rigid-flex, HDI, RF, and advanced technology PCB construction. It gives engineers, procurement teams, and quality professionals the build limits behind our DFM guidelines, so you can check a design against what we manufacture before it is released.

Whether you are reviewing tolerances before design release, checking manufacturability, or qualifying a new supplier, the document gives you the technical detail to decide with confidence. For early engineering input on a specific design, see our Design for Manufacture service.

Key information

DFM guidelines and build limits across rigid, flex, rigid-flex, HDI, RF, and advanced multilayer PCB technologies
Standard and advanced parameters, including layer counts, drilling, routing, plating, and registration tolerances
Material, surface finish, and stack-up options for aerospace, defence, medical, and other high-reliability sectors
IPC Class 2 and Class 3 capability across rigid, flex, and rigid-flex construction
Guidance to support supplier qualification, design reviews, and DFM checks before production
Accredited to EN9100:2018 (AS9100D equivalent) and ISO 9001:2015, with JOSCAR registration and Cyber Essentials certification

The document is regularly updated to reflect current manufacturing capability and process development.

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