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lopezcontreras
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Bus bar and heavy copper PCBs

Dear All,

I am just involved in a power design and I am affraid that I will need copper bus bars and heavy copper PCBs. I am searching on the web and not found any bus bar supplyier. I have found some PCB manufacturer who say to manufacturer such PCBs but,  Can someone recommend me a copper bus bars supplyer? the same for PCB manufacturer 1oz-2oz thickness layer?

Thanks in advance,

Joaquin.

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Most laser cutting shops also cut copper. Up to 3-6 mm thick depending on their laser power. Waterjet might be even better because there's no bending from heat.

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   Galp, thank you for your answer. My question was motivated mainly for one your sentence in your project description " Orange bars are copper bus bars. They are actually standard size (3x10 mm) copper profiles cut to correct length so no laser processing is needed just a handsaw". This is the reason that I thought I could buy bus bars and cut them myself without going to a "cutting workshop".

Just another question of your project (what is the copper thickness of your final board design).

Thanks in advance,

J.

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They are standard size copper profiles sold as intermediate product not necessarily as bus bars. It's up to you to call it that and solder it to a PCB.

It's 1oz. You can get heavier copper on ALLPCB for a fair price (I think 2oz external layers are +20\$ and 2oz internal are +10\$ for 10 PCBs).