Hi Kenny! Spent many days up there flying anti-submarine missions out of NAS Whidbey back when I was a flight engineer in the Navy...a lot of Soviet subs used to hang-out up at that part of the left coast. Yeah, it's beautiful when it isn't raining. But you know what they say about people from Washington state don't you? They don't tan, they rust... ;^} Steve -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Burke Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:42 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Defects related to water wash Kenny!!!!!!!!! Welcome back, Any jobs? My wife has always wanted to move there..... John Burke (408) 515 4992 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Bloomquist Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:06 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Defects related to water wash Hi Everybody, I've been away from the TechNet for a while but it's good to be back. I'm now working for a wonderful EMS on beautiful Whidbey Island, Washington. Carl, you hit on a subject that we are addressing right now. We use metal wire mesh baskets to transport assemblies through our wash. We experience damaged SMT parts from time to time such as chipped caps or missing parts. We believe that it is from the water pressure and air pressure bouncing the boards around and banging them into the wire mesh. We are evaluating several different ideas but haven't found the best fix yet. I'll be interested to hear if other TechNetters have this problem and if so how they've solved it. Best regards, KennyB -----Original Message----- From: Ray, Carl (GE EntSol, Intelligent Platforms) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:48 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Defects related to water wash Does anyone out there have any information or data related to defect rates for components after water wash processes? Some obvious components such as switches, speakers and similar devices that are exposed to the wash is a given to expect failures. The concern we have is with other types of components. --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------