Hi In a message dated 03/22/0 15:32:35, [log in to unmask] writes: >My experience with UV curable glue in HALT has not been favorable. It >will probably work fine in most applications, but crack when put through >extreme temperature. I'm not telling you to back off on the what works >for you, however, we had to go away from it because we conducted HASS on >100% of our products and was not reliable after HASS. We switched over >to E6000 (brand name) which could take the extremes. E6000 requires a >longer cure time which caused more problems for manufacturing than UV curable, >but we were more worried about reliability than making product faster in >production. People think that HASS and HALT are magic bullets--HIGHLY ACCELERATED=HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE. For most electronic assemblies these HA/HA (bun fully intended) tests a misleading, overly destructive, and have the effectiveness of a 'security blanket' (security blankets keep the goblins away, and my grandkids swear that it works). Werner Engelmaier ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################