In what cases will there be charged extra for stencil?

Generally, the stencil price is calculated by the stencil size. For instance, a stencil with a size of 37x47cm is $8.86, but here  are several situations which will cost you an extra fee:

1. Polishing Process

Grinding polish is for free, but electro-polishing will cost you an extra $7.25 per stencil.

2. Thickness

There is an extra cost for special thickness. The charge details are as following table according to thickness and dimension.

3. Extensive Apertures

For standard thickness stencil: There is an extra fee when there are more than 5000 spots on your stencil. It will cost you an extra $1.5 per 1000 spots more than 5000 spots. The following examples for reference:

Extra $1.5 for a stencil with 5001~6000 spots.

Extra $3.0 for a stencil with 6001~7000 spots.

etc.

For 0.3mm thickness stencil: We will charge an extra fee when there are more than 500 spots on your stencil. It will cost you an extra $4.3 per 500 spots more than 500 spots, see the following examples for reference:

Extra $4.3 for a stencil with 501~1000 spots.

Extra $8.6 for a stencil with 1001~1500 spots.

etc.

4. Irregular Apertures

There will be an extra fee for the stencil with irregular apertures like irregular polygons and other strange shapes. Since it is more difficult to produce and has a higher scrap rate, we will charge you extra fee according to your design complexity. Generally, it is higher or equal to $7.5 per stencil.

5. Stencil Cut into Small Ones

For the stencil with a size of smaller than 28*38cm and need to be cut into several sheets. It will cost you extra fee to cut the stencil, the price is calculated by the size of your small sheets. For example, it is $1 per 5X5cm sheet, $2 per 10x10cm sheet, $3 /PCS for the stencil size of bigger than 10x10cm.

6. Stencil Panelization

1) If you panel the paste file by yourself, it will be free of charge of less than 5 deisgns. If there are 5 or more designs, an extra cost of $4.2 will be charged.

2) If you want JLCPCB to panel the paste files for you, an extra cost of $4.2 per design will be charged for more than 2 designs. For example, if there are 3 designs in total, then an extra cost of 4.2$ will be charged, if 4 designs, 8.4$ will be charged, etc.