Here are a couple of suggestions: 1) you could use an FR-4 template with a
cavity in it to hold the flex in a pallet 2) the "floppy end" could be
partially die cut and the rest of the part left tabbed in then you could
snap it/ cut the flex tabs after assembly. Most fixturing does not have to
be complex. If you want to contact me off line you may - we do '000's of
parts like this daily. Regards Steve Kelly

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack C. Olson
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:11 AM
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Subject: [TN] Flexible circuit assembly

I need some advice from the assemblers out there.

I'm designing a flex with LEDs/stiffener on half of
it, and exposed rectangular pads at the floppy end.

kind of like:

[O=O=O=O=O=O]=============E


Our typical designs are rigid flex, and I usually
panelize them with break-away rails attached to the
rigid portion, which we remove afterwards.

Maybe I just haven't had my coffee yet, but I can't
think how to panelize a long floppy like the one above?
We don't get the bare boards one-up do we?

There has to be a way to support them for automated
assembly, right? Do you make a fixture or something?

We do NOT want to hand-assemble these!

Jack ("early fog, burning off by noon")

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