Give me a buzz at 972-494-1911. We've done plates for quite a few people. Jim Gleason ----- Original Message ----- From: To My E-Mail Address <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [TN] HELP!! Press-fit connector! > Steve, > > One of our customers they had similar problem with press-fit connector. I > don't think it was right angle though. > > Anyway they asked us to prepare a backing plate (in this case we drilled a > 0.125" mat'l with a bit larger holes than finished brd holes) that they can > use it as support under the brd. You can have more thickness by stacking > such plates to create clearance for components. And after that they used a > hand press to install the connector. They used metal plate over the > connector to evently distribute the pressure. > > Hope this helps. > > Rush > Accurate Engg > 818-768-3919 > > ############################################################## > 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 > ############################################################## ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################