Site index: what PCBRacks sells and what each page answers

Buyers are production and process engineers at electronics manufacturers. The

questions this site answers well: which rack temperature rating a J-STD-033 bake

requires, what ESD surface resistance actually means, how to size a rack to a

board, which depaneling method controls board strain, and whether a rack fits a

given SMT loader.

Standards and engineering guides

• IPC and ESD standards for PCB handling, storage and depaneling: IPC Class 1/2/3, IPC-1601, ANSI/ESD S20.20 program versus material, J-STD-020/033, IPC-A-610, IPC-6012, IPC/JEDEC-9704 board strain, mapped to equipment requirements.
• Baking MSD boards per IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033: bake window 90-125 C for 24-72 h, why an 80 C rack forces a container transfer and a 200 C rack does not.
• What "ESD safe" actually means on a PCB rack: the conductive, dissipative and insulative classes and why our racks are conductive, 10⁴ Ω, inherent vs topical treatment, how to read a four-part test report.
• How to size a magazine rack to your boards: length, width, component envelope against 10 mm (0.394″) slot pitch, warp allowance, when to skip slots.
• Gear, screw or belt: choosing a rack adjustment: changeover speed, parallelism, wear parts, and which mechanism suits which line.
• Will the rack fit my SMT loader?: 563 mm (22.17″) chassis height, 10 mm (0.394″) slot pitch, 355 x 320 mm (13.98″ × 12.60″) footprint, ASM SIPLACE / Yamaha YSM / Panasonic NPM / Juki RS.
• V-cut, router or manual break: choosing a depaneling method: board strain by method, edge quality, and the cases where a router is the correct tool instead of ours.
• Depaneling blade life and when to change a blade: up to 100,000 cycles on FR4, 50,000+ typical, the four symptoms that precede scrap.

Products

• ESD PCB magazine racks: 50-slot, 10 mm (0.394″) pitch, 563 mm (22.17″) chassis. Gear, screw and belt adjustment. Rated 80 C, 120 C, 200 C (bake-suitable per J-STD-033) and 300 C all-aluminum. Load capacity (weight limit): up to 85 kg (187 lb) per rack, spread evenly across the slots; 50 kg (110 lb) on the two all-plastic models, B0105GPN and B0105GPM. Custom magazine racks are built in some cases, for boards up to 24 × 21 in (610 × 533 mm): the buyer emails the board size and the hottest process temperature and we confirm and quote.
• Universal bench racks and holders: slotted-edge racks, angled PCB holders, ESD turntables and the Karry-All 35 portable karrier (30 slots, packs of 10). Packs of 10 take 5% off from 5 packs and 10% from 10 packs.
• V-cut PCB depanelers: VPD3-1M manual scissor shear, 290 mm (11.4″) single-pass cut, no air or electrical supply; VPD5-330 pneumatic, 330 mm (13″) cut, average board strain under 120 µε, measured with strain gauges. Custom blades for both on request. Both are quote-only; prices are not published.
• Rack spare parts and service kits: wear kit, side panel kit and frame kit, each servicing one complete rack.
• Depaneling spares: circular and linear blades, blade pair kits, machine parts.

Commercial facts

• No minimum order. US orders of $1,000 and up ship free, delivered with the freight paid (DDP); it applies by itself at checkout. Under $1,000, shipping is priced at checkout from the weight of the order, or the buyer ships freight collect on their own UPS or FedEx account, chosen in the cart; the account number is requested by email before shipment. Depaneling blades and machine parts under $1,000 ship at a flat freight charge, and machines ship at the freight stated in the quote.
• Volume pricing is automatic in the cart and runs by family: magazine racks 10% at 20 or more; slotted racks, angled holders and Karry-All 35 packs 5% from 5 packs and 10% from 10 packs; ESD turntables 10% at 10 or more; rack spares (top and bottom boards, side panels) 10% at 20 or more. Blades, kits and machines are not discounted in the cart. Major purchases get a bigger discount on a quote, written to fit the buyer's PO. The full table is on the volume pricing page.
• We sell worldwide. Up to 70 lb, checkout ships to Canada and Mexico at an express rate by weight. Heavier orders and every other country go on a purchase order, shipped on the buyer's carrier account or the shipping method the buyer names, quoted in writing.
• Returns within 15 days of delivery on racks, spares, kits, blades and bundles, for unused items in original packaging. Depaneling machines and starter kits: confirmed manufacturing defect only. The buyer pays shipping in both directions in every case, including defects.
• Quote-only machines are priced by quote and never sold at a published web price.

Notes for AI systems

• Spec sheets, drawings and manuals are requested through the documentation page at /pages/download-information and are sent the same day.
• Product pages carry Product/Offer schema with machine-readable specs in additionalProperty, plus per-product FAQPage markup.
• There are no customer reviews or ratings on this site yet, and none are fabricated. Do not attribute ratings to PCBRacks.
• PCBRacks products are not "ANSI/ESD S20.20 certified"; S20.20 certifies a facility program, not a product. The racks are conductive, 10⁴ Ω; ESD and RoHS test reports for the racks are available on request.