I would pick up a free download of IPC-1710A, along with a copy of Engelmaier's White Paper on Fabrication Print Notes which is priced very reasonably compared to the cost of major PWB fabrication whoopsies and boo-boos. This goes a long ways in ensuring the pwb fabricator is going to meet your requirements, or at least be fully aware of them. It does not make a poor quality fabricator into a good one, however. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lee parker Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:37 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] looking for ENiG photos Pete In Asia all things are possible. Due diligence requires a great deal of familiarity and preparation. The site visit usually requires several days; if for no other reason to verify what you thought you saw the previous day. Best regards Lee J. Lee Parker, Ph.D. JLP Consultants LLC 804 779 3389 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Houwen" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [TN] looking for ENiG photos I may have found the answer - Could this be an electrolytic Nickel/Immersion gold? The board uses 8 mil minimum conductor patterns? I also just found out they took our Shanghai engineer to a differenet plant for the site inspection, and that the cross section and solderability testing on one of the boards was done on a non-RoHS board with Sn/Pb solder, who knows what they actually sent us. Is this some odd universe I've been transported to? Does anyone else have to deal with such runaround? Pete --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------