Hi Mike, Bev, Chris, John, IPC LF Listservers, A great discussion. <====== Bev, Yes you're right of course. I've seen plenty of reports, though, that are clearly generated by grinding the entire device and doing the analysis on that...and consequently coming out with a less-than-conclusive result. Not all OEMs, Distributors, Contract Manufacturers, and Component Manufacturers have a good understanding of the requirement. Regards, Mike <====== I really kind of expected this and the results Chris reported from a SMART presentation. Most of our Western countries are in a down sizing technology and engineering mode and many capitalists are moving products and jobs at increased levels at the same time as a major technology disruption is in the works. This formula usually spells for continual long term disasters. If you read the few notes we get from our Orient China, Japan, SE Asia listservers you can see they are not ready nor share our concern. Why should they since their market share, and livelihood's are growing. Yours in Engineering, Dave YiEngr, MA/NY DDave BTW, Thanks Bev for your Analysis run down -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Leadfee Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Leadfree To temporarily stop/(start) delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks send: SET Leadfree NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------