We currently use pallets made ourselves from high temp material double sided
with copper. We fabricate the pallets using our depanelizer (router) to hold
the PCMCIA boards rigid during assembly.
I would caution against flexing the board as you remove them from the
pallets. Excessive deflection can cause cracking of SMD ceramic components,
and these thin boards are easy to flex!.

At 01:23 PM 10/3/96 DST, you wrote:
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>Dear TechNet,
>
>Thanks for all your help so far.  My question now is for anyone out there 
>who has had experience assembling PCMCIA Cards or other thin cards using 
>pallets.  It seems as though pallets will be necessary to keep the boards 
>flat during assembly.  We are looking at buying pallets from a pallet 
>company.  Should we keep the boards attached to the pallet all the way 
>through cleaning (we use a Corpane cleaner with a wire mesh basket)?  Are 
>there any special handling issues with the reflow oven, or any other areas 
>that we need to watch out for? Thank you for all your help.
>
>Jeff Baldwin
>(716) 242-4365
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