Hi Rick!

We've got a board here that has some HUGE caps (3.25" tall. 1.25" diameter)
that we stake down to the board and to each other. Go to:

http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com  and look at Big Blue Caps.

We use Dow Corning 732....works great for us.

-Steve Gregory-


> We have an application where we need to secure some vertically mounted
> radial electrolytic caps and a few other higher profile items to make
> them resistant to shock, impact and vibration (amusement park
> application).  I've contacted Loctite and 3M for recommendations but the
> ones I've gotten have several week lead times, minimum buys due to
> special order, etc. Since we don't know if the products will work, we
> didn't want to buy minimum quantities of materials we can't return.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for standard products you may have
> used in similar situations?  I realize I can get samples from the mfgs.
> Noted but I was hoping to shorten the lead time if I can find off the
> shelf products that may do the job.
>
> Thanks for your inputs.
>
>
> Rick Thompson
> Ventura Electronics Assembly
> 2655 Park Center Dr.
> Simi Valley, CA 93065
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