At 08:11 AM 2/5/99 -0500, Taylor, Chris H. wrote:
>I must side with the engineer in the requirement to document the
>panelization of your PCB in the fabrication drawing. Your assembler
>produces the automated pick and place program and the custom fixturing
>to assemble your board based on the existing panelized configuration of
>your PCB.

If the board is being assembled as a panel rather than as individual
boards, this is definitely true. The product delivered by the fabricator
should be specified. If the board is delivered already broken apart, then
the panelization is irrelevant; if it is delivered as a panel for
subsequent assembly, the panel should be specified....

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Abdulrahman Lomax
P.O. Box 690
El Verano, CA 95433

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