Yes, and the other thing about FPA was when the little pins became projectiles capable of piercing stencil foils. One of our over zealous maintenance techs lubed the rising tables surface creating a velocity magnifier. The boys from Britain replaced on table at a cost of about 12 hours. Though a warranty replacement, the downtime was close to devistating. Sure learned a lot during that adventure. Also, we had extra long Fuji stencil frames extending into the machine. The camera/board stop mechanism often did not stop the panels and all the paste was deposited on the table amongst the pins. That caused some clean up time as well because of the 30000 or so parts associated with the table assembly. Quite a sticky mess even on the NFP autoflex system. However, we placed mylar shields over all the pins on that one to prevent solder paste getting down into the rising pins. Even though the new system of hand toy like impression capabilities, solder paste could still be an issue. Might talk to the techs about this one and say hi to Steve Cox on the West Coast, Bob? in the Central time zone and the new kid (what's his name again?) on the East Coast. They really know their stuff. Earl --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------