I just picked up on this so my apologies if I duplicate.

What happens if you resolder the board after trimming?

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bissonnette, Jean-Francois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TN] fractured joints


> Hi Bob,
>
> I would be concerned about how the leads are trimmed.  I've received
boards
> from a vendor who uses some
> kind of rotary cutter (I don't know if the term is right) and
sometimes the
> results are very bad.  On a single
> board I've found no less than a dozen fractured joint, all visible
at 6x
> (around 8 to 10% of the leads).  These
> devices will also leave partially cut leads which can break loose
and heaven
> knows what can happen than.
>
> My opinion...
>
>
> JF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Arciolla [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] fractured joints
>
>
> About two weeks ago I questioned whether clipping leads (and
possible
> fractured joints) was a problem if there was a good fillet on the
component
> side of the board. The main input I received back is that there is a
chance
> of corrousion to the leads. Last week I asked if this would still be
a
> problem if the PCB was totally encapsulated and a vacuum pulled on
the
> units. Any input?????
>
>
>
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