Happy, The NCMS PWB Surface Finish Program did have some panel made using HASL with Castin solder Regards, George George M. Wenger (908)-546-4531 Reliability Engineer RF Power Amplifier Group Andrew Corporation, 40 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ 07059 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Happy Holden [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:02 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Lead-free HASL We have a customer asking for Pb-free HASL. I am not familiar with this finish. The temperature for Pb-free solder would be quite high and the effects on a board, as well as the HASL equipment might be detrimental. The customer says it is used in Japan, he quotes a Matsushita Electric news release. The release seems to indicate that they are using a lead-free solder paste but that word is not used, just "PCBs with lead-free solder". Does anyone know of a Pb-free HASL process? Happy Holden --------------------------------------------------- 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any unauthorized use of this email is prohibited. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- [mf2]