Aisler PCB Manufacturer

[Max]

Hi everyone,

I got some PCBs today that I ordered from Aisler (Netherlands/EU). For small, double sided PCBs with no fancy things Aisler is comparable in cost with asian manufacturers. Anything else is easily double the cost or even more. And even if you're willing to pay, you get a lot less options.

For my PCB which doesn't require anything special the costs were:
JLCPCB: 25 PCBs for 5,24€ + 12,11€ FedEx = 17,34€ and about 10-15 days til delivery.
Aisler: 24 PCBs for 12,48€ + 9,51€ UPS = 21,99€ incl. VAT and 11 days til delivery.
For me, 5€ extra for having them manufactured on the same continent seemed like a good idea.

Effectively they took quite a bit longer than the 11 days. I ordered on 20.05.21, they started manufacturing on 25.05.21 (there were some holidays in between I think), shipped on 08.06.21 and arrived next day.

The PCBs themselves are mostly fine, but the outline needed some afterwork. There's a hair wide line of copper on some edges; apparently they mill the PCB a tiny bit too large. That copper needs to be removed; it's so thin that it easily becomes (or already is) loose and could cause shorts. In the attached photo I marked some of those in orange.
They also seem to not mill the outline past the starting point as you'd usually do with contour milling, leaving a bit of material on one edge (red circles).

The paneling was nothing I could select or deselect - all done by them.

All in all I'd order the PCBs again from them.


Kind regards,
Max