Bloody true! Brian Whittaker, Dewey (EHCOE) wrote: > One must be very careful when working with cutting edge technology. > Dewey > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McGlaughlin, Jeffrey > A > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 4:23 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Injury by array > > Oh wise and wonderful members of tech net - > > We have had to incidents in the past six months where assemblers have > been cut while handling assembly arrays (2-up panels) for one of our > products. This has elevated the issue to "Panic Mode" due to the > involvement of EHS&Q (environmental health, safety and quality). As the > designer of the array I have been given ownership of the issue and am > task with resolving it. After 20+years of handling boards and arrays I > have never been cut, so I am unsure as to what if any corrective action > can be taken to prevent future injuries. > > The specifics on the arrays - > 10.5" [267mm] x 12.0" [305mm] x 0.062" [1.6mm] thick > 2 - up for 4.7"[119.3mm] x 9.2" [233.6mm] PCB > Minimum rail 0.38"[9.5mm] > Tab Route and Retain (mouse bite) > Injuries occurred during loading of the solder printer and during slide > line operations for post reflow assembly. > > Any suggestions on what to tell our production group? > > Jeffrey McGlaughlin, CID > Engineering Designer > Battelle > 505 King Avenue > Columbus Ohio 43201-2693 > (614)424-7582 Phone > (614)458-7582 Fax > PS Don't you just love all those management buzzwords (underlined.) >> ;-D > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > 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 15.0 > 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 15.0 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 -----------------------------------------------------