Yes, I'm afraid I am serious...  The board is 5 thousandths of an inch thick
and is made of 6002 Rogers Duroid!
Thanks,
Jim M.


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Bev Christian [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:55 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        Re: [TN] DENSE SMT ASSEMBLY

        Jim,
        Are you serious?!  Did you really mean the board is 5 thou thick or
that the
        Teflon coating on the board is 5 thou thick or did you mean a 50
thou thick
        board?

        Bev Christian

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Marsico, James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:11 PM
        To: [log in to unmask]
        Subject: [TN] DENSE SMT ASSEMBLY


        Hello Technet:

        Well, the Electrical Engineers did it to me again!  They're
designing an
        assembly consisting of a Teflon surface mount board .005" thick,
        approximately 1.5 x 1.7", with 320 components!  The component mix is
mostly
        0402's (resistors, caps and inductors) and 30 SOT-363s.  Does anyone
have
        any suggestions as how to automate this assembly process?

        Thanks in advance,
        Jim Marsico

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