Beam On has been effectively utilizing the P3 report to ensure aperture openings do not violate minimum area ratio requirement.

Our P3 report is a listing of the aperture sizes present on the stencil as well as area ratios calculated from Gerber data based on foil thickness. Our P3 report is an active file and allows you to manipulate sizes and thickness to see their resulting area ratios and paste volume calculations. It can be an interesting exercise.

Our intent is to provide you with a valuable tool to validate your paste printing process by enabling you to predict paste release characteristics. We believe that providing you the tools to understand paste release characteristics will prove beneficial as you migrate to thinner foils and finer apertures.