Check into the sharpness of the tool you are using to help the breakaway
become cut off.  Otherwise, check with your boardhouse as to what to do to
ensure that the webbing or the thin channel between the breakaway and the
PCB breaks off without inflicting damage.

At 04:04 PM 2/22/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Tech world,
>Got a problem with removing breakaway tabs. When we remove them, the
>masking is peeling off with the breakaway and some times it runs into
>the traces. I started to blame the assemblers, I thought they were being
>to ruff but when it came time for me to remove the tabs the same thing
>happen to me. Has anyone ran into this problem and if so what is the
>root cause. Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Angie Marques
>Quadrus
>408-918-5045
>
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