The topic will increse if we have to go to lead free.

Siggi


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        From:  Mike Hughes [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:  Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2002 02:04
        To:  [log in to unmask]
        Subject:  [TN] Moisture Sensitive Devices

        I am the Purchasing Manager for a medium size Australian R&D company
        involved in design and manufacture of radar & comms products for
military
        and civil government use.

        We use almost 100% smd on our PCA's.

        I have been alerted to the MSD issue and have read as much as I can
get my
        hands on from the IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033 and other articles to various
other
        publications.

        It reads as a very serious issue that could be very costly to deal
with.

        I am putting together a paper to present to senior management on the
issue,
        its consequences and how my company should  deal with it.

        My problem is that whenever I speak to others in the industry I am
told that
        the whole issue is little more than a beat-up and I should ignore it
and it
        will go away.

        Can anyone out there come back to me and give me the benefit of your
        experiences and how you solved the issue.

        Mike Hughes
        Purchasing Manager
        CEA Technologies Pty Ltd
        Ph:02 6213 0050
        Fx:02 6213 0053
        www.cea.com.au


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