Are your suppliers interested in buying them back? If ESD safe, we use similar sounding material to line the trays we transport in process assemblies in - it prevents them from sliding around on the trays. We also affix them semi-permanently to shelves, carts, or whatever else may have a board placed on it to provide a nice little cushion against those employees who just don't understand the ramifications of dropping a board. Jan Pelchat ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [TN] ASSY: recycle ESD foam packing material Author: Jerry Cupples <[log in to unmask]> at 0UTG0ING Date: 9/22/98 4:10 PM We have here perhaps 1,000 pcs of conductive foam, black urethane which appears to be loaded with carbon black, the sort of semi-stiff material which leaded PGA parts are shipped to us in. These slabs are resilient, and look "new". Size is 12 x 6 x .375", 28 g weight. I have had operators here stashing them away rather than discarding them, and they will eventually engulf my stuffing area or attract stray lightning bolts. Anyone have a use for these? Offers, suggestions, etc. welcome. Would prefer solutions involving early retirement or instant wealth. regards, Jerry Cupples Interphase Corporation Dallas, TX USA http://www.iphase.com ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################