Doug, I wrote a review of the wire tacking process, which might assist you in your research - http://www.intertronics.co.uk/articles/tb003.htm. Component staking has slightly different requirements - a large blob underneath a component may raise further CTE related questions. Regards, Peter -- ========================================================= Peter Swanson [log in to unmask] INTERTRONICS http://www.intertronics.co.uk INTERTRONICS is dedicated to providing quality material, consumable and equipment solutions to the electronics manufacturing and other technology based industries, with the highest levels of technical support and customer service. -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 07 January 2002 19:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Staking compounds Good day all, I am curious as to what all y'all use for staking compounds (to fix wires or components in place) on your assemblies, especially if you are in the high-rel area or aerospace sector. Thanks. Doug Pauls Rockwell Collins ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To recieve ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To recieve ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------