etching

Chemical Milling or Photo etching is a long established manufacturing process for the production of high precision fine gauge sheet metal components. The terminology is difficult to standardise due to the worldwide development and refinement of the process, with different regions using different names. Although Etch Tech call the process Chemical Milling, the process is also known as :- Photo Etching, Photochemical Milling, Photochemical Machining, Photo Milling, Photo fabrication, PCM, Chemical Etching, Acid etching or Chemical Blanking (widely used in the USA). Although the terminology varies considerably, the process is fundamentally the same which ever name is your preference.

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