Andre: I guess those actuators don´t fall off when locked. One could try using dummy flex pieces and having the beasts locked during assembly. Depends on the amount of work pieces in progress how much you need. You asked for ideas, this is mine, don´t know how much worth Wolfgang -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Andre Leclair [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 14. November 2001 14:47 An: [log in to unmask] Betreff: [TN] Actuator Tabs falling off Hi all I'm hoping some of you have had this problem before and can pass on some reasonable solutions. We have several assemblies from the same customer which use a small 30 pin SMT connector from Molex ( for flex cables) that have an actuator tab ( to lock cable in place). This tab has a tendancy to fall off,the wash is the worst area. But it will also fall off in other areas of the process as well. We have run it through the wash in various directions with no success. Taping the tab down is even worse since the wash will lift the tape causing the tab to flip open then blow the tab off. Any ideas?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------