Yeah Pat, at this point I'm thinking about anything, even countersinking the part. But the problem is that it's not just a metal tab, it's part of the body molding. See this:
http://www.onsemi.com/pub_link/Collateral/340L-02.PDF
I don't know if it would be a good idea to do that, I don't know if I would be hurting the part by countersinking into the body like that.
I'm getting some quotes for a custom screw, and I got one already, it's like $.75 a screw and 5-weeks leadtime. Got another one out there and just waiting to hear back...
Steve
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Subject: Re: [TN] Does anybody know where I can get a 5/16" long 4-40 wafer head machine screw?
Steve I just checked our shop stock and compared a 4-40 pan head to a 4-40 binder head (has a recessed shoulder) and the binder head appeared a few thou. lower profile. You could always use a flathead and countersink the tab a bit.
pat
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It might, if I could find one that didn't have such a tall head...I have at the most .053" before the screw head touches the board. The screw also can't protrude through the heat-sink out the back. That's why I need a 5/16ths long screw.
Steve
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Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:12 AM
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Would a nylon screw work? Even if it touches the board it won't short out anything.
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Hi Ed,
Yeah, I know that it may come down to something like that....CRAP!!
Here's what I'm dealing with. This board we're building has these high power NPN transistors that get screwed down to a heatsink and then the board mounts to stand-offs on the heat-sink:
http://stevezeva.homestead.com/Screwhead.jpg
You can see the offending part in the photo. The photo is my first proposal to our customer with a button head cap screw, I wanted to put some .050" thick washers on the stand-offs to raise the board a little bit. But NOOO, the board has a 15-pin D-Sub connector that straddle-mounts to the end of the board and then goes through a chassis opening that doesn't allow for any slop at all...not even .050"!!!
What happened is that the part used to be a On Semiconductor TO-218 with a metal tab (PN# TIP35CG) , but they did a PCN last year http://www.onsemi.com/pub/docs/pcn/FPCN16827.pdf that changed it to a TO-274....
So here I are....
Steve
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Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 10:01 AM
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Steve,
You could probably modify these
http://www.mcmaster.com/#90910a714/=omte40 by making a block with 4-40 D&T holes on a matrix (20X20?) and fly cut it in one pass. With 2 blocks and an electric screw gun you could probably do a few hundred per hour.
If you need "lots", I know a guy with a CNC screw machine that could make custom screws reasonably.
Ed Popielarski
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Hi Richard!
Thanks! But do you have a link to the vendor where that has the ones that have a head height of only .030" ? All the ones I'm finding have a head height of at .059" which is too tall...
Steve
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Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 9:34 AM
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You can use a 5/16" 4-40 cap head screw. Same length but the head is only .030" thick. I have attached a picture. It won't show up on the posting, Steve, but you should get it directly.
dean
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Subject: [TN] Does anybody know where I can get a 5/16" long 4-40 wafer head machine screw?
Morning all,
Looking to find a 5/16" long 4-40 thread wafer head machine screw. It's to fasten down a TO-247 Power Transistor...don't have any clearance for the screw head. That's why I'm looking for a thin head. I only have about .053" clearance for the head of the screw.
Any help would be appreciated...
Steve
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