There is a huge variety of materials that can be used. The most common one is Durostone (with an o) CAS761, used for making wave solder and reflow fixtures. DMI Pallet has a new material we have been using, and it has held up to several hundred excursions through both reflow and wave solder. It is called HC300 and is a polyester resin that withstands all fluxes used in the industry. Great stuff. www.dmipallet.com -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Glidden Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:38 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Need recommended material for a wave profiling pallet Phil, There are several manufacturers of this type of material, static dissipative FRP. They are fairly expensive. The manufacturer's I know of are: Mfr: Permali Mat'l: Durostone CAS761, Durostone CAG762 Mfr: Norplex Micarta Mat'l: Wavemax 5000 Mfr: Vonn-Roll Isola Mat'l: Durapol IGM-L200, Delmat CDM ESD 68940, Delmat DM ESD 68610 Most of these are sold through distribution only. I would contact the MFRs for data-sheets and distributors near you. However, I found that unless you buy standard sheet sizes, you pay even more. When I was looking at buying direct to machine internally, prices ranged from $100 / sq-ft all the way to $310 / sq-ft, which didn't make it very cost effective. In my opinion, it is a much better deal to use a tooling fab shop, such as the one Rich provided to you. There are others also. Kevin Glidden Manufacturing Engineer Luminescent Systems Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Phil Nutting [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:25 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Need recommended material for a wave profiling pallet Good morning, I have a profiler that I want to mount in/on a panel I can use repeatedly in my wave solder machine. I've seen a white material, at ACI in Philadelphia, used for other types of soldering pallets, but I have no information on the material. Hopefully the material can be easily machined without special equipment or tools. Can someone point me to this material? Thanks in advance. Phil Nutting Note: All the information contained in this e-mail and its attachments is proprietary to Kaiser Systems, Inc. and it may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of sender. If you have received this email in error, please immediately return it to sender and delete the copy you received. --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------