hi, you need to be careful. the circuit board may be over etched. if that's the case, there could be considerable gold overhang on the 'gold tabs'. this overhang can break off causing gold slivers (ie fine threads of gold on nickel). you can imagine what problems this would cause. phil -----Original Message----- From: Young Hwan Ju [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 3:27 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Gold tab width Hi, all technetters I am facing with very emergent situation. According to the IPC-600F, 3.2.2 Print & Etch, conductor width indicates the below part of conductor. The thing that I would like to and should know is it can be applied to the gold tab? I think the right way to measure the gold tab width is to measure the upper part. just because actual contact part is the upper part in the gold tab. If there is anyone who can give me instructions, It will be deeply helpful for me. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------