We _always_ require a sepprate via when using a swaged part for electrical connections. Our customers generaly require a sepprate wire for terminals (so we usually are swaging to non-palted holes) On a few designs that require chassis ground, mounting holes were plated, but they _still_ had a redundant via that was free from any assy/fab stress.(that last was a screw/clamp not swaged) Bill Gaines AeroJet (for $) IHPVA (for speed & fun) IEPS (for info) SCCA (for trophys) [log in to unmask] =================================================== /| _ _ _ /_||_ |_ | / ||_ _| |_ ================================================== *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************