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  OFFICE MEMO          Insp. of Low Residue Hd. Soldering     Date:9/25/95
We are about to implement a low residue hand soldering operation in a
military application.  With customer permission, the flux residue from low
residue soldering will not be considered a MIL-STD-2000A defect.  We must
transition from an inspection philosophy that considers all flux residues a
defect to one that allows flux residues from low residue soldering.  We need
to re-train inspectors and re-write inspections procedures to accomodate the
change.  Before we go down the path of trying to verbalize the visual
differences between acceptable flux residues and unacceptable flux residues,
I thought I might look to TechNet.  Are there folks out there with experience
to share on this subject?  Your help would be greatly appreciated. 

Mary Davis
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