Vladimer, if you have photos you can email them to Steve Gregory. Steve
is a gentleman and a scholar of the industry who posts photos so all of
us can see, then it is easier to make a "root cause" analysis or just a
WAG.
Steve's email address is [log in to unmask]

-----Original Message-----
From: John Maxwell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:44 PM
To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; Stadem, Richard D.
Subject: Re: [TN] Ceramic caps

Richard & Vladimir,
It would be helpful to post the photos and then I can comment.

John Maxwell
> Vladimir
> Here are potential causes of MLCCC cracking, and how to tell what 
> caused the crack based on the crack's position, run direction, etc.
> http://www.ami.ac.uk/courses/topics/0179_fmcc/index.html#3
>
> http://www.syfer.com/category_docs/AN0005_Mechanical_Cracking.pdf
>
> And an authorative paper on the subject by John Maxwell, who I think 
> knows more about root causes of cap cracking than anyone:
>
> http://www.avx.co.il/docs/techinfo/cracks.pdf
>
> And a potential solution to the problem:
>
> http://www.avx.co.il/docs/techinfo/mlccflex.pdf
>
> Qualify it first.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Igoshev, Vladimir
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Ceramic caps
>
> Well, in the case I was asking about none of the failures were in that

> direction (across the body) but always along it splitting both ends in

> half either vertically or horizontally. Still a puzzle to me :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Vladimir
>   

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