Hi CA-JoeF (of Flex Circuit/Tesera fame) certainly did well with this addition to this note tread. Beyond Joe's great note, I hope I was exploring your own Product Reliability and Field Needs and your Leadership leading manufacturers and component suppliers meeting your needs; as well as, their process which is secondary to your product needs. I like Joe's note. YiEngr, MA/NY DDave >You may wish to add to your question: > >"To what JEDEC Moisture Sensitivity Level (MSL) will the components be >certified and to what thermal cycling conditions will the supplier >guarantee the components to perform with what lead-free solder alloy(s)? " > >These answers will highlight the needs for component prep and assembly >process and rework but they will also help (hopefully) to provide >engineering with expectations for reliability, management and accounting >with a sense of the increase cost associated with the new lead-free >products and a greater sense of liability for the potential cost of >returns and loss of customer goodwill due to field failures when they >eventually occur. > >This unfortunately does not solve all of the potential for mix-ups but >it is a start. > >The more information we have the better the decisions we should be able > to make. > >Kind regards, >Joe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leadfee 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 Leadfree To temporarily stop delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks send: SET Leadfree NOMAIL Search previous postings 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------