Two laser-cut stainless steel stencil foils beside a matching bare circuit board

Order a stencil from a board you have already ordered.

Illuminious is a U.S. NPI engineering company. A reorder cuts a stencil from data already in your project history, so the revision is the one you approved rather than a file someone re-exported. Engineered in San Francisco. Prototype builds, DFM and mass production in our own factory in Shenzhen. Upload your files, get a free engineering review, and pay only the official quote that review publishes.

The foil wore out, the line needs a second one, or boards made months ago now need assembly. The data is already in your account. This route reuses the revision you approved, instead of an old archive dug out of an email thread.

Two ways in: configure it online and a specialist prepares your official quote within 24 hours on business days, or send the job to an engineer. Engineering review is free either way and comes before you pay.

Payment: Official price after free review
Review target: Within 24 hours on business days after you submit

Talk to an engineer Get an official quote in 24 hours

No CAD yet? Our design team can take it from a sketch or a spec.

The configurator opens with this configuration preselected. An engineer reviews every order. Account required; engineering review is free and comes before payment.

When can you reorder a stencil instead of supplying data again?

Replacing a worn or damaged production foil
A second stencil for an additional assembly line
Assembling boards that were fabricated earlier
Changing frame type or thickness on a design that has not changed

Typical orders: Single replacement foils through repeat tooling orders.
Accepted files: None, if the paste data is already in a project on your account — reference that project and review retrieves the revision. Upload the paste layers again if you would rather be explicit, or if the earlier order was not placed with us.
Payment basis: Official price after free review
Preparation workbook: Download the intake workbook

The choices that decide the part.

Each of these is a real configuration decision with a cost and a consequence, not a feature list. Where one of them constrains another, engineering review is the step that resolves it.

Reuse the stored revision

Your projects keep their file revisions, so a foil ordered against an earlier project is cut from the data that project was built with, not from whatever version was most recently emailed around.

Identical replacement

Same design, same thickness, same frame: the most direct path, because the aperture question was already answered once.

Changed construction

Switching from frameless to framed, or changing thickness or coating, changes the paste behavior. That is a fresh review even though the design did not move.

Changed design

If the board revision has moved, so must the foil. Upload the new paste layers and it is reviewed as a new stencil, because it is one.

What the configurator accepts, and where review takes over.

Stencil from a previous order capability bounds
Parameter	Supported range
Construction	Frameless, framed, or custom frame. Frame sizes of 20 × 20, 23 × 23, and 29 × 29 in, or a custom size that routes to review.
Foil size and quantity	20–1000 mm width and height, 1–1000 stencils per line.
Foil thickness	0.08, 0.10, 0.12, 0.15, or 0.18 mm, or 'engineer selected' if you would rather we choose it against your aperture set.
Aperture side	Top, bottom, top and bottom on one foil, or separate top and bottom foils.
Treatment	Step-stencil regions and nano coating are per-line options. Application is solder paste or adhesive/red glue.
Registration and marking	Fiducials as none, half-cut, or through-cut, plus optional engraved text and production-file confirmation.
Source data	A stored file revision from an earlier project on your account, or a fresh upload for work placed elsewhere.
Revision history	Every project keeps its uploads, quote revisions, and approvals, so which data a foil was cut from stays answerable later.

The options are the same as any stencil order. What a reorder adds is provenance: the ability to say precisely which revision the new foil came from.

Boundaries

Reordering does not re-approve the design: if the board revision has moved on since, the foil is reviewed against the new data
Orders placed outside the portal have no stored revision, so the paste layers need uploading
A worn foil replaced with a thicker or thinner one is a new aperture review, not a repeat

How is a stencil reorder priced?

Quotation by a specialist. Quotation within 24 hours on business days. A specialist prices your exact SMT Stencil scope from your files and specifications. You submit your request online, and the quotation arrives in your account and by email. Review is free. Nothing is charged until you accept a quotation.

Foil dimensions, usable area, and quantity
Frame type and frame size
Foil thickness and aperture side configuration
Step regions, nano coating, fiducials, and engraving
Packaging, setup, and requested lead time

What engineering reviews

Customer approvals may include

Any engineer-recommended aperture change
The production file, when you requested confirmation
Any itemized price or lead-time revision

Which stored revision the reorder should be cut from
Whether the board design has changed since the original foil
Aperture feasibility again where thickness, frame, or coating has changed
Whether wear on the previous foil suggests a different thickness or coating
Frame size and usable area against the printer the foil will run on

Free review first. Keep every later decision explicit.

Name the earlier project in the description when you request an official quote. Review confirms in writing which revision the new foil will be cut from before production.

Create your account
Verify your email before the persistent quote workspace opens. Every file, estimate, message, and payment stays attached to that account.
Configure and upload
Provide service-specific inputs and place technical files in private project storage. Saved drafts remain available across sessions.
Free engineering review
Submit the configured cart at no charge. A reviewer checks the exact file and specification revision, then prices it or opens a documented question or correction request.
Official quote
Review publishes an itemized quote with lead time and a validity window. That is the binding figure; anything shown earlier was a preliminary estimate.
Accept and pay
Accepting opens payment rather than charging you. Lead time is counted from settled payment, and any later itemized revision needs your approval first.
Produce and deliver
After all commercial, technical, and customer gates are complete, the project moves through the service-specific production or design milestones.

Commitments the order system actually enforces.

Official quote prepared by a specialist and engineering review

The official quote, prepared by a specialist within 24 hours on business days, prices the declared foil. Review then confirms which stored revision it will be cut from — provenance you cannot get from re-attaching a file to an email.

Paste data stays private

Gerber and DXF uploads live in per-project storage reached through short-lived authenticated links. Replacement data creates a new revision instead of overwriting the one that was priced.

Review target

Stencil projects are targeted for review one business day after you submit them. Review is free and precedes the official price.

Answers before you upload anything.

Do I have to upload the paste data again?

Not if the earlier order was placed through your Illuminious account — reference that project and review retrieves the stored revision. Upload it again if the earlier work was placed elsewhere, or if you would simply rather be explicit about which files to use.

My design changed slightly. Is that still a reorder?

No, and treating it as one is how a mismatched foil gets cut. Upload the new paste layers; it is reviewed as a new stencil, which is the honest description of what it is.

Is the amount at checkout final?

The free engineering review comes first. Depending on the service you see a live supplier price, a published fixed price, or a price from a specialist within 24 hours on business days, and nothing is charged when you submit. After the review we publish an official quote with an itemized total, lead time and a validity window, and that is the amount you are asked to pay. Accepting the official quote opens payment rather than charging you. If a later correction changes scope or price, you see an itemized revision and can approve, question or decline it. We never silently charge an increase.

How is my paste data protected?

Your technical files are stored in private project storage and accessed through short-lived authenticated links. Files, prices, replacements and approvals stay tied to your account and keep their revision history.

Get an official stencil quote against your existing project.

Reference the earlier project, confirm frame and thickness, and review verifies the revision before you are asked for an official price.

Three lead-time tiers, each with its trade on the line: Economy lengthens the quoted target range and takes a discount line; Standard is the quoted target range at the quoted price; Express shortens it and adds an expedite line. You see the line before you commit, and every range is a target, not a promise.