Hi Steve,

My approach would be to inform the customer that there will be glue on these
places, that I'm sure it is technically OK (explain why), but that I agreed
with QA to inform them about it.
Then I would ask them to react within 24 hours in case they see a problem
with it.

Daan Terstegge
http://www.smtinfo.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Gregory" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:28 PM
Subject: [TN] Adhesive where no component is loaded...


> Hi All!
>
> The fun never ends...
>
> I've been involved in a rather heated (albeit silly, I think...) debate
with
> an inspector here, about adhesive being deposited where there is no
component
> loaded.
>
> As you may surmise from my posts over the past few days, I stencil epoxy,
not
> dispense. For some reason, the issue has come up with one of my inspectors
> here, requesting that I get something in writing from our customer saying
> that it's okay to have epoxy deposits at locations where there is no
> component loaded. I told her that I wasn't going to do it because I didn't
> want to look silly asking our customer if it was okay to have a glue dot
at a
> location that's not loaded.
>
> Her reasoning is that we're putting something on the board that's not
being
> called out on the bill of material. My response is that the epoxy isn't
> called out anyway, but we have to use it to be able to process this board
> that has PTH and SMT on the bottom. "But there's no component there, so
there
> shouldn't be any glue there." was her response. "But it doesn't make any
> difference, it's a non-issue" I calmly replied.
>
> We've been debating this for 2-days now, and I'm about at my wits end.
> There's nothing in the -610 or the J-STD-001 that says it's defect, or
that
> it's forbidden to deposit epoxy where a component isn't loaded, and
there's
> nothing in the documentation from our customer to keep the unused areas
free
> from epoxy. I've already spent much more time on this issue than I ever
> thought I would. Why this issue has popped-up now, I don't have a clue. Me
> thinks it's much ado about nothing.
>
> What is your take on this issue?
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
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