Graham, Give me a call off line, 972-494-1911. We help a lot of people get away from the aluminum. Jim Gleason Garland Service -----Original Message----- From: Collins, Graham <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 6:02 AM Subject: Re: [TN] aluminium PCB transportation trays >Ian >I hope you aren't counting on that snow, in defiance of normal weather >patterns we in eastern Canada have had only a dusting of snow, and in >Toronto it has been about 10 degrees C for days... Santa will have to put >the wheels on this year. > >Re the trays, if I can use a titanium pallet for wave soldering, what can be >wrong with an aluminium tray for movement (although we use plastic tote bins >ourselves)? >I think a conductive plastic tray would be preferable as it is a bit softer >and marginally less likely to involve physical damage to boards, but >aluminium should be OK. With respect to ESD, the conductive properties are >different but in a properly ESD safe environment would it matter? Plastic >would be safer for the operator if the tray happened to come in contact with >live wires, but how big an occurrence is that for you/them??? > >Have a Cool Yule! > >Graham Collins >Process Engineer, >Litton Systems Canada, Atlantic Facility >(902) 873-2000 ext 6215 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ian Squires [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 2:44 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [TN] aliminium pcb transportation trays > > >Good morning all > My last post before xmas i hope (leaving rainy england and visiting >snowy Canada for the hols). >Enough about my vacation (first one all darn year). > The problem is this: we have a particular CEM who transport all >their PCB's on ALiminium trays, anywhere from one to 20 assemblies per tray. >Is this good practice, What about ESD, Mechanical damage to components and >boards, any other. > >Or is it perfectly acceptable as they are intimating? > >Happy Xmas to all > >Ian Squires > > >Regards >Ian Squires >Senior Production Engineer >------------------------------------------------------- > >Graseby Dynamics Ltd >A Smiths Industries Company >Park Avenue, Bushey, Watford, Herts, WD2 2BW >Web Site: www.gradyn.co.uk >Phone: 01923-228566 xt 295 >Fax: 01923-221361 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >Registered in England no. 480992 >Registered office: >765 Finchley Road, London, NW11 8DS >------------------------------------------------------- > >################################################################ >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 >################################################################ > ################################################################ 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 ################################################################