You may wish to investigate supplier yields on thin vs thicker films. It is more difficult to handle the thinner films during manufacture, as you have to maintain exactly balanced tension on the film, else you will get 'bedsheeting'. (Next time you make the bed, pull harder on diagonally opposite corners of the sheet- you will see the problem. That is why dry film solder masks tend to be 3-4 mils thick, even if it lifts components off the pads.) Bill Kenyon Global Centre Consulting 3336 Birmingham Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 Tel: 970.207.9586 New Cell: 970.980.6373 --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------