To all that responded to my plea for information on open vias on a lead free assembly - Thank You ! I now have more information to go back to the board house and get the answers needed. Again - Thanks. It's really nice having all of you just an e-mail away. Tom Tom Parkinson Quality System Manager - CIT WinTronics, Inc. Phone: 724-981-5770 - extension 235 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------