We have a high volume application that will require a printed circuit board with a hot bar soldered FFC about 3" long attached to it. The other end of this FFC will plug into a 0.5mm pitch ZIF connector. There is plenty of information on how to dimension the FFC fingers to enter the ZIF connector but we have yet to find any guidelines on FFC finger geometry for hot bar soldering. The assembly is very tight and we would want the hot bar solder area to intrude into the PCB area as little as possible. Any feedback would be appreciated. TIA and Best Regards, =========================== Gary M. Koven, C.I.D. Dynazign, Inc. Charlotte, NC, USA Veteran of the Marsh School --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------