STEPHEN,
                IPC-D-275 SECT 3.8.4.3 (SOUNDS LIKE A STAR DATE DOESN'T?), 
     CONTAINS INFORMATION ON GOLD PLATING.  ALSO REFERENCE SECTION 3.8.4.4 
     ON NICKEL UNDERPLATING.  TABLES 3-8 AND 3-9 WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF 
     WHAT YOU NEED FOR YOU'RE END PRODUCT.  AS TO WETHER IT'S WORTH IT, YOU 
     MUST CONSIDER YOUR END USAGE AND THEN TALK WITH YOU'RE FAB HOUSE.
        REGARDS,
     
     ROB BUTTERWORTH
     SR PWB DESIGNER
     ADC VIDEO SYSTEMS
     999 RESEARCH PARKWAY
     MERIDEN, CT 06450
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Subject: Gold Flash on PWB's
Author:  [log in to unmask] at internet-mail
Date:    4/24/96 2:52 AM


Can anyone supply a specification to call up when requesting a Gold 
Flash finish on a PWB and is it worth it today, with the advances 
with the HASL finishes.
     
Regards
     
Stephen Cooper
Manufacturing Projects Manager
SCITEC LIMITED
Apollo Place
Lane Cove NSW 2066
Australia
PH  : +612 428 9500
Fax : +612 428 9589
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