Jack, We do many of these type pallets/holders. Give me a buzz and I can e-mail you some photo's that demonstrate some of the ways we've handled these projects. Jim Gleason Garland Service Co 972-494-1911 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack C. Olson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: [TN] Flexible circuit assembly > I need some advice from the assemblers out there. > > I'm designing a flex with LEDs/stiffener on half of > it, and exposed rectangular pads at the floppy end. > > kind of like: > > [O=O=O=O=O=O]=============E > > > Our typical designs are rigid flex, and I usually > panelize them with break-away rails attached to the > rigid portion, which we remove afterwards. > > Maybe I just haven't had my coffee yet, but I can't > think how to panelize a long floppy like the one above? > We don't get the bare boards one-up do we? > > There has to be a way to support them for automated > assembly, right? Do you make a fixture or something? > > We do NOT want to hand-assemble these! > > Jack ("early fog, burning off by noon") > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ----------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------