Photo Chemical Etching

Chemical etching, also known as photochemical machining or photo etching, is a subtractive sheet metal machining process which uses chemical etchants to create complex and highly accurate precision components from almost any metal.

The chemical etching process works by ‘printing’ a component design onto photoresist which is laminated onto sheet metal. The areas of photoresist which have not been printed are removed, exposing the metal, which is subsequently etched away.

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