Thanks alot (everyone) for helping us.

I was looking in the assembly acceptability,
and didn't even think to look in the design guide.

I saw that picture of the pigtail but didn't realize
it could apply to us because I was focussed on
finding a minimum dimension.

have a nice holiday everyone,
I'm outta here til '09

Jack (aka "the new guy")


On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 2:21 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hey Jack
> When we have to do that we will usually "pigtail" the lead so that there
> is no worry of stressing it too close to the body.  Hard to describe,
> the lead comes out the component for > the required distance, then bend
> it up, through 270 degrees and back down.  The lead can be pretty much
> adjacent to the component end if needed.  No worries about stress relief
> or stress at the termination.
>
> regards,
>
> Graham Collins
> Halifax Production Engineering
> L-3 communications Electronic Systems
> (902) 873-2000 ext. 6215
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack Olson
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] axial lead bend
>
> We are trying to put a larger axial part in a smaller through-hole
> footprint.
> The body of the NEW part is ALMOST as long as the hole spacing.
>
> Is there any requirement for how much room is needed for lead bend?
> (IPC-A-610 doesn't address this, unless I missed it)
>
> thanks,
> Jack
>
>

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