Johannes: We just had somebody from AVX in our facility yesterday. They recommend a minimum of 0.200" to reduce stress on the ceramic chip capacitors, regardless of de-paneling method. Pat ***************************** * Pat Bailey * * Supplier Quality Engineer * * Zytec Corporation * * 1425 E. Bridge Street * * Redwood Falls, MN 56283 * * * * phone 507 637-2966 x355 * * fax 507 644-3720 * * e-mail [log in to unmask] * ***************************** ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################