I think you need to check with the conductive adhesive manufacturer.... I my mind is still clear there were a number of them that would not work well with tin or tin/lead plating on the parts. Most of the time these adhesives are used with gold or silver termed parts. If you add either tin or lead into the mix it creates a problem for reliability. But as I said check with the conductive adhesive manufacturers. If this really worked, you would bet that every board you would buy would be done with it and eliminate the need for the cleaning of flux. So be very careful when you select this to replace soldering parts to board. John Guy <[log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] COM> cc: Sent by: TechNet Subject: Re: [TN] Conductive Adhesive <[log in to unmask]> 11/08/04 03:28 PM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum; Please respond to John Guy Peter, I a previous life I did several evaluations of conductive adhesives as a solder replacement. You will find that the adhesive should print as well as solder paste if you double the print speed. Other than for that, it prints the same. I need to qualify it be saying that I did not print fine pitch components, but I don't think this should prove to be a problem. If you want to talk about any other results, I have a few horror stories that I can share. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter L Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Conductive Adhesive Hello Technet, Can someone share their experience on Pros/cons (in particularly process implication) of applying conductive adhesive Vs solder paste? We have a request by one customer to investigate conductive adhesive (stencil print compatible) as a potential substitute for Pb-Sn solder and eventually lead- free. Rgds, Peter --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown. This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is intended even if addressed incorrectly. Please delete it from your files if you are not the intended recipient. Thank you for your compliance. --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------