Lou, I have done this in the past, but never on a midplane; only pinsavers and gender-benders. I did a microsection to prove the contact and assembly, but after that I didn't have a way to inspect. We did do electrical test since they were 1:1, so I guess that is an option for you as it sounds like the barrel is the same. I can only tell you it does work. Sorry about not having a good inspection solution other the test. Good Luck........DT At 01:55 PM 4/6/00 -0400, you wrote: >TechNetters, please comment. A colleague in design came to me with a >proposal to make a mid-plane, as opposed to a backplane, board. It will >have connectors press fitted from both sides. The problem is the >connectors on both sides will go into the same holes. The connector tails >are 0.11 inches long (whatever that is in mm) and the board is 0.25 inches >thick (6.4 mm, if I recall). So there will be a little space between the >tail ends when the connectors are pressed in from each side. > >The question is, what quality considerations arise here? How do we >inspect these boards? A-610 has some criteria for press fit pins, but >they apply to pins that go all the way through the board. > >Thanks for any comments...Lou Hart >Quality Assurance, Compunetix > >############################################################## >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 ##############################################################