AMEN John Burke Senior Manager - Operations , Optichron [log in to unmask] W: 510 249 5233 M: 408 515 4992 http://www.optichron.com Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/e/fps/2665502/ -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joe Fjelstad Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Big Holes (no Pun intended) in the IPC610D Criteria for Shrink/tear ... Hi Werner, Good seeing you again at APEXPO. I heard at the show of one company whose returns for lead-free products are running 3% higher than those produced with traditional solders. With razor thin margins for many products, that is a lot. The remake doubles the cost... good money after bad. Fortunately, there is a long standing, reliable and truly environmentally friendly solution for making good solder joints and it is ready to step in when lead-free falls on its face. :-) The green-washing of lead-free as an environmentally friendly solution is, IMHO, one of the really sad chapters of this industry's otherwise great history. All that was needed was for the politicians to listen to the scientists and not the self-serving, ill-informed lobbyists. And so it goes.... Very best, Joe --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------