A hair net? Just kidding. Bev RIM -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leland Woodall Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:15 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Stainless Steel Contamination Question - Source Nailed! Everyone, After checking every filter, every transfer belt, every reflow oven, and most every square inch of the building, I was able to identify the source of the 10 micron stainless steel that has been giving us such a headache. Just in case anyone ever has the same problem, I thought I'd share the solution with our group. To refresh your memory, we were finding this stuff on top of components, and later inside our Huntron X-Y table inspection machines. We did everything but take a hatchet to the Huntrons, and there was nothing found (of course). While one of the Huntron machine's operator was gone to lunch, I decided to check an item she had left behind on her workstation. I took it to the lab, placed it beneath the microscope, and was astonished to find an identical match to our contamination woes. Before I let the cat out of the bag, does anyone want to venture a guess? Leland --------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential information, privileged material (including material protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------