Hi guys! I know this is gonna be a long-shot...but we've got ourselves in quite a quandry. We have a board we build here that uses DIN 41612 press-fit connectors. The connector that we used before came from Harting, but they've discontinued it. There's a Erni press-fit that crosses over to the Harting part number, the footprint matches, the mating dimensions match, so that connector was bought. The only problem now is that the tooling we have is for the Harting connector, and doesn't work for the Erni connector. Erni makes the tooling, but with a lead time of 10-weeks (or something like that...) The buyers didn't think about that, and neglected to let us manufacturing floor rats know that a different connector was going to be used on this assembly...typical, huh? We've got the boards built, but can't press the connector in...we're supposed to deliver the boards next week...great huh? So, what I'm asking is there anybody out there that already has this tooling that would consider pressing the connectors in for us for a fee? Or have any other ideas that you might share to help us through this debacle? I know hind-site is 20/20 but we really need to do something to get us through now... I'm only talking about 20-30 boards... The exact Erni connector is PN# 013131, it's a DIN 41612, Right Angle Male 3-row 96-pin, type C. Thanks (I told ya' it would be a long shot!) -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 ##############################################################