In message <[log in to unmask]> Leo Reynolds writes: > > The problem we are facing is that a customer is having us hold SMT > devices for next years production. We have some materials in storage > for 6 months already and by the time the material is in use, some may be > over one year. In the past one customer who held material, for 15 > months and then found it was unsolderable, scrapped over $100,000 worth. > You might also consider the use of 3M Corrosion Control Adsorber, a paper product which can be placed into storage bags of pcb's or components. It adsorbs from the atmosphere pollutants like sulphur dioxide which lead to corrosion, oxidation, etc. Contact: Layton Marketing Tel: 612 779 8000 I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I Peter Swanson Oxfordshire, England [log in to unmask] Compuserve: 100120,3641 Time is an illusion perpetuated by the manufacturers of space. I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I