Is the board material FR-4 or something else? Joe Johnson -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Barry Gallegos Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] "Poor mans" custom board support... Another thought would be a Carrier capable of going thru SMT and the Wave Solder processes Where you do not remove the panel/array until after Wave. Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Colin McVean [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:32 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] "Poor mans" custom board support... We sometimes perform "V"-scoring on boards less than 0.031" (0.8mm) thick down to 0.0010" (0.25mm) on a 16" x 12" panel. Albeit very flimsy, it does hold together, but I suspect our customer is only hand soldering thus there are no sagging issues invloved Colin McVean Production Manager Artetch Circuits Limited Tel: 01903 725365 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Valerie St.Cyr Sent: 20 April 2005 17:27 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] "Poor mans" custom board support... I'm not positive, but I think the "thinness" of the board at .031" prohibits using v-scoring; there would be very little residual material to hold the boards together in the assembly panel - they would probably snap apart just picking them up ..... Valerie Eric Bonatti <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 04/20/2005 10:51 AM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum; Please respond to Eric Bonatti To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: Re: [TN] "Poor mans" custom board support... Just curious, but would it not have been easier to v-score the pcbs in the panel instead of router the edge and the mouse-bites? Eric Bonatti, C.I.D. PCB Designer StrataFLEX Corporation Tel.: +1.416.752.2224 xt.227 Fax: +1.416.752.6719 Toll Free: +1.866.771.7765 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: www.strataflex.com -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Gregory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] "Poor mans" custom board support... Hi all! I'm sure a lot of us have heard the saying; "Necessity is the Mother of Invention", well I ran across a situation where it became necessary to come up with something to solve a problem. We have this assembly here that is in a vey fragile panel. The individual board is only 1-inch wide, about 4.5-inches long, .031 thick, and double-sided SMT that is fairly dense. --------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------