Hiya Phil, 1. Yes, all PCAs are panelized for assembly. 2. Pizza Cutter 3. Prior to converting everything to wheel-cut we did both cookie-cut/tab and cookie-cut/v-groove. We threw away a lot of completed assemblies due to damage caused during separation. 4. We do HIGH volume consumer electronics using mostly FR-4 in Asia. Hope it helps. FNK Frank N Kimmey C.I.D. EM Designer C&K Systems, Inc. 916-353-5366 [log in to unmask] > ---------- > From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum.;[log in to unmask] > Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 1:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] PCBA Routing Survey > > Greetings Technetters - > One area of curiousity for me (among others) has been who routes > finished > circuit board assemblies and who doesn't. I've decided to conduct an > informal > survey via Technet. > > I would like to know from whomever cares to participate: > > 1. Do you do multi-up boards or not? > > 2. If YES, how do you separate them after assembly: > Manual - breaking them > Rolling blade machine (i.e. "pizza cutter") > Stamp/Punch machine > Depanel Routing Machine > > 3. If you are manually breaking them, how are they prepared prior to > assembly? > Scribed via pre-router - full or tab > Cookie-cutter punch > > 4. Indicate the nature of your product: Automotive, consumer, medical, > instrumentation, avionics, PCMCIA, computer, communication, etc..... > Also > where your site(s) are located (Asia, NA, SA, Europe) > > You can respond via Technet or you can keep your responses anonymous, > if you > wish, by responding to my e-mail address at [log in to unmask] This > is for > my information only - it will not be passed on to any salesmen. I > will be > glad to share the results with anyone participating in the survey. > > Thank you! > > Phil Zarrow > ITM, Inc. > Durham, NH > USA > www.ITM-SMT.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 ################################################################