What is it?

Introducing RapidStencil Advanced, the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective solder paste stencil printer for prototyping and small production batches

Why did you make it?

You've spent countless hours soldering all of those SMD components on your latest prototypes or small production batches. We feel your pain. These tiny components are more difficult to solder by hand -- and if you find yourself with more than a few prototypes to assemble -- you've searched for a more efficient way to get those components on your board and most likely are already using solder paste stenciling.

RapidStencil is our specially designed product and method to manually apply solder paste to PCBs – accurately and repeatedly. RapidStencil aligns your PCB and stencil, so you can apply solder paste quickly and efficiently.

What makes it special?

Solder paste printing made easy. RapidStencil has 4 bands of holes. The inner top and bottom bands (abcd, wxyz) have smaller holes used to align RapidStencil with the PCB. The outer top and bottom bands (ABCD, WXYZ) have larger holes used to align RapidStencil with the stencil. Special metal pins are provided to keep everything together.

Accurate, fast, repeatable results. RapidStencil perfectly aligns your PCB and stencil so you can finally eliminate printing defects and board failures. For even more support, you can glue 3 RapidStencil together. Additionally, the smaller PCB pins will not protrude over the stencil, making applying solder paste a breeze.

Two RapidStencil Sizes. Choose from our nominal 10x10 size for common 10x10 cm PCBs or our nominal 20x20 size for larger boards. These are nominal sizes, so they can take 20% bigger PCBs. The specifications are listed in our FAQ. [NOTE: YOU CAN SELECT EITHER 10X10 OR 20X20 SIZE AS AN OPTION].

Two RapidStencil Designs. Choose from our simple or advanced system. The simple system relies on you lifting up the stencil, while the advanced system has spring loaded pins soldered in its corners to help you lift the stencil accurately. While your hand is all that’s required to keep the stencil down, our advanced system includes some weights to make the process even easier. [NOTE: THIS LISTING IS FOR OUR ADVANCED SYSTEM. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SIMPLE SYSTEM, PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER LISTING].

You get

• 1 RapidStencil nominal with spring pins ready to be soldered to help you lift the stencil accurately
• 3 RapidStencil nominal so you can either stack them or glue them together.
• 2 RapidStencil nominal cutouts to use with the stencil
• 10 larger pins so align the Stencil
• 10 smaller pins to align the PCB
• 4 spring pins + 2 extra spring pins
• 2 steel bar weights to keep the stencil down

Each RapidStencil is manufactured out of FR4 Standard Tg 130-140C.

Sizes

• Max/Min PCB width for 10x10 is approximately 147 / 66 mm, Length Anything
• Max/Min PCB width for 20x20 is approximately 243 / 122 mm, Length Anything