Russell, Unfortunately my customer has not approved wire repair because it falls under the category of "medium" conformance (see 4.2.4) However, IPC-7721 does state that it can be on class 3 products if the lower level procedure can be demonstrated that it will not adversely affect the product's functional characteristics. I am assuming though to prove this some additional testing other than a functional test is needed. Please correct me if my assumption is wrong. Thanks, Rich -----Original Message----- From: Nowland, Russell Howard (Russell) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:42 AM To: 'TechNet E-Mail Forum.'; 'Rich Lasko' Subject: RE: [TN] IPC-7721 Conformance Levels Rich, I have never played with any of the film adhesives. My first question would be is: are you allowed to use repair wires on your customers product? If so, second question would be: why not use a repair wire that reconnects the leads and the traces. You can size the wire to carry whatever current you need. Russell Nowland Lucent Technologies, Suite 100 7725 West Reno Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73127 Phone: 405-782-7765 Fax: 405-782-7905 email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Rich Lasko [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:34 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] IPC-7721 Conformance Levels Good morning everyone, I am looking for some information on the "highest" level conformance (see pg 2 of IPC-7721) for a Class 3 product. I am currently faced with a situation in which we had some SMT aluminum Electrolytic capacitors shear off the board (and took the pad and trace with it). Boards are about $800 a pop so I really don't want to be scrapping that kind of cha-ching. I am looking to use section 4.2.2 and section 4.7.2 (SMT repair with film adhesive). I see that PACE makes a ThermoBond Cir-Kit with film adhesives but I have not had any personal experience using this one. (I am used to using the epoxy type repair kits). So before I go out and spent some $$$'s, I was hoping to get some feedback from the group on their experiences with film adhesive repair kits or any other film adhesives kits that have worked well. Looking forward to your feedback. Rich Lasko Badger Electronics --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 -----------------------------------------------------