The one thing to get right
Compare coverage, not catalogue size. A multi-material range is worth consolidating to only if it holds both the layers your stack consumes. A wide range that misses one of your two layers still leaves you running two suppliers.
What a multi-material range is
Alltech is a brand associated with CCI Eurolam, and the category it sits in is the multi-material drilling consumable range — a single line that carries the aluminum entry sheet above the stack and the entry/backup families below it, rather than specialising in one layer.
That is a different shape from the two specialist categories beside it in the market. A coated-aluminum specialist like the LCOA-type line is an entry-only position, and a lubricated entry-sheet brand like the LE SHEET-type line is likewise entry-only. A multi-material range is defined by the opposite property: it deliberately spans both layers. See the full category map at the alternatives index, and the entry-side specialists at the LCOA-type comparison and the LE SHEET-type comparison.
What consolidation buys
The value of a multi-material range is not a better sheet — it is fewer moving parts around the stack. For a PCB driller, that shows up in four places:
- One purchase order. Both consumables arrive against the same PO instead of two vendor accounts and two lead-time tracks.
- One qualification file. A new process — an HDI ramp, a high-Tg laminate — is qualified against one supplier's document set, not two.
- One point of contact. When a hole-wall or nail-head defect has to be traced, both layers of the stack trace to the same technical contact.
- One commercial conversation. The per-panel cost of the stack is negotiated as a whole, which is the only unit that matters when both layers are consumed together.
None of this is a reason to buy a range that does not fit. It is a reason to check coverage before assuming a single-layer specialist is comparable — the cost of the stack is the sum of both layers, and the exit-side board is usually the larger line.
How to qualify the alternative
When you benchmark a multi-material candidate against what you run today, test the range on these five points, in order:
| Check | What to confirm |
|---|---|
| Coverage | Both layers you consume are in the range — not just the entry, not just the backup. |
| Documents | Each layer has its own TDS and SDS; nothing is quoted from a shared sheet. |
| Contact | One named technical contact owns both layers and can trace a defect across the stack. |
| Unit of price | Cost per good panel, both layers summed — not cost per sheet of one layer. |
| Sample route | Production stock, cut from the line, travels with the documents attached. |
The exit-side families to check coverage against are the HDF high-density fibre classes, melamine and phenolic; they are ranked on cost per good panel in the backup board material comparison and indexed family by family in the backup board materials hub. On the entry side, the range should reach from the plain 1100 H18 baseline to the lubricated and coated grades.
The YUESHAN range in the same place
YUESHAN is a single-source, multi-material range on the same shape — both layers of the stack from one line:
- Aluminum entry boards and the coated lubricant & coated aluminum family — the top of the stack.
- Backup boards — HDF, melamine, UV-cured melamine and phenolic — the layer underneath.
- Back-drill aluminum — where the process needs the controlled-depth entry position.
Both layers travel as production stock cut from our own line, with TDS and SDS attached, against one PO and one technical contact. The qualification route is in how a drilling-material supplier is qualified.
Trademarks and scope
Alltech and CCI Eurolam are trademarks of their respective owner. They are used on this page only to describe the multi-material drilling consumable category a buyer may already be specifying, within a comparison ("alternative" / "vs" / "benchmark") context. YUESHAN is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a distributor of them, and no third-party specification, part number or data sheet is reproduced on this site. See also our Terms of Use.
Questions buyers ask
What is an Alltech-type product line?
It is a multi-material drilling consumable range — aluminum entry, phenolic and melamine under one brand and one document set — rather than a single-layer specialist. Alltech is a brand associated with CCI Eurolam; the category it describes is a single-source, multi-material consumable line.
Why does a multi-material range matter to a PCB driller?
It collapses the stack's two consumables — the entry sheet on top and the backup board underneath — into one supplier, one purchase order and one qualification file. The value is administrative and commercial as much as technical: fewer vendors, fewer TDS documents, one point of contact when a defect claim has to be traced.
What should I compare when qualifying a multi-material alternative?
Compare the coverage, not the catalogue. Check that both layers you actually consume are in the range, that each layer has its own TDS and SDS, that the technical contact is the same person for both, and that cost per good panel — not per sheet — is the unit you price. A range that covers only one of your two layers is not a consolidation.
Is YUESHAN affiliated with Alltech or CCI Eurolam?
No. Alltech and CCI Eurolam are trademarks of their respective owner and are used here only to describe the multi-material consumable category in a comparison context. YUESHAN is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a distributor of them, and no third-party specification is reproduced on this site.