Lead Free HASL!!!???? Do you have a vendor that will do this!? If so what is it really called. Anyway.... We have went to Immersion Tin on all our boards. 1 Year ago this was a large cost adder to the board because the circuit board vendors only did Immersion Tin on Thursdays. Now they have so much volume of it they are able to keep the line running constantly. The price has also come back down to just about what a HASL board was. Since you are not supposed to use OSP's (I assume because of shelf life and other issues with OSP's) the only logical choice is Immersion Tin at this point in time. There are a few others like flash gold and some others but the general population I believe is leaning toward Tin.... We also like it because it is very flat and if you have fine pitch parts it is almost needed in production. Joe J. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pete Lymn Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:40 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] OSP process for PCB Have you considered lead free hasl? -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Lamkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] OSP process for PCB Special applications such as? I have the task of coming up with the lead free finishes that we are going to use. OSP will NOT be one of them (I have been told not to use it). Changing to lead free has removed a few PCB suppliers from our lists. Thank you, Matthew Lamkin. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of George Milad Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:48 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] OSP process for PCB Immersion Tin is in use as a surface finish for specific applicatios, it is not classified as an OSP (organic solderability preservative). Some common OSPs are Benzotriazoles, Immidazoles and Benzimidazoles. they are non metallic, organic compounds. Hope this is helpful. 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