Hi t're mate ! Yep, yo'amazed, me amused, after Chuck Bauer wrote that article (which i corrected a bit, which may have bristled Chuck's feathers a bit as well; very astute fellow; aside the point); few high mix low volume contractors stirred up and almost woke up, (the no bubbles sink or add fills patterns are dream to play with : big dots, with small dots, : a real daisee land : would yo' like to hear a song Steve? [Inge's on abbatic harmonies]) mind you, there is few i know over there, suppose lay low to preserve commercial advantage; which with right programming fellow on time factor is huge = prototypes within 4 hours. Cuttin' folks are around , but the time is eternity (livin' like a shrewd here, hehehe); ever seen 24 revisions (most genuine evolution) in 12 months (ja,ja,single P.No!)? i'm here lucky with our VP, he's always terrified by my notions (me not exactly the "team" player); but enjoys the pioneering thrill (rare in med. assy); lets me live on edge . Mind yo' about every project 'm hearin': "it's yo'..se on line, better fly" !!! Soo i do (and after he whinnies about "team players"; whoooof!), ca'n win. imide problems ? WHAT problems ? ESD ? getin' fits down here any time it poops-up ! Any enterprising amateur settin' Kodak processin' in corner of his/'er take-away burger shop knows how to dissipate runnin' celluloid (so to speak, know it ain't) , with much higher charges and much more sensitive/fragile medium, and here we pro's ponder over "dangerous" wonder ??? Yo' right with blade , that's part one, part two carbon brush (they make absolute beauts with regulated ionized instreams) under exit , end of story . Those carbon bristles should be there anyhooo , prior to p&p. Spit/spat/swear/grrrr/gonna dig some Urquell from frig ; ciao paul -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2000 12:04 To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Spec for "Lumps" on PCB In a message dated 03/03/2000 6:40:05 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > This is where polyimide stencils with appropriate blades come to very much > their own . > (unless yo' dispense, hehehe) > Funny how things go around .... > and those base carbon brushes under exit , please . > That' reminds me ' ll flush a contact on net , don't shoot ! > > paul Hi ya' buddy! I'm still amazed at your dispensing processes! I know without a doubt that you have them down (article in Advanced Packaging a while back about your place)...I often wonder why we (in the US) have never gone that route? I suppose "necessity is the mother of invention" has a big part in it. As you once pointed out, being "down-under" you don't have the luxury of having a bunch of stencil vendors at your whim... Still, not having one of them polyimide stencils on hand to see things for myself, I wonder if it really is as big a problem as what's being portrayed? I understand that the stencil handles metal squeegees, and if you have your machine grounded properly, what's the deal? Maybe someone from K.J. Marketing (if they've ears here) can address this? -Steve Gregory- ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################