Of course they want you to re use them, it saves them the cost of completely re doing them. Rather than super gluing them, which IMO would lead to sills & marks on the boards where you don't want it..... when they go through the wave, can you put them onto some form of carrier? Perhaps shaped the same as the panel with supporting laminate along the lines of the scores and big cut-outs where they are to be soldered. For SMT boards in placement machines I wonder if adding a blank laminate underneath 7 globally increasing the height would work? Matthew. -----Original Message----- From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John Wheeler Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [DC] V-Score too deep repair method We had a PCB shop score some of our board too deep and they are falling apart on our assembly line. The board shop admits fault but want us to still use them. They have come up with a solution to use Super Glue or Epoxy A-B pate on the scores to strengthen the scores. I have concerns that the glue/paste will weaken when going thru our wave with temperatures of 250F. At what temperature will the glue/paste change state? Does it emit vapors, does it dry up and flak off? Will it contaminate the wave? Anyone have any experience or thoughts on this? TIA, John --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------