This much NI is used to provide a landing either for pins on an ATE test board or for key pads. We have several customers including Intel who have this kind of a call out. If you want more info. please feel free to contact me off line. Regards, James Hofer Director of Operations Accurate Circuit Engineering 3019 S. Kilson Dr. Santa Ana Ca. 92707-4202 714-546-2162 work 714-473-6127 cell [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morse, Carrie" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:07 AM Subject: [TN] Low Stress Plating Question For all you Plating Experts We have a customer specifying 500 micro inches minimum of Low Stress Nickel under 3-5 micro inches of Gold. 1. What is the purpose of the Ni? Is it to aid in bonding the gold? 2. Is 500 micro inches too much? What are board houses capable of doing without damaging the board and....what would board houses like to see for a minimum specification on a note? Thanks, Carrie --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------