Don't forget anodizing (10um standard) is quite effective insulation ; not quite the esd application . Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Windows/Admin/RLeckfor On Behalf Of Ronald J. Leckfor > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 1:06 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: [TN] ESD Issues > > Besides the ESD aspect, the added benefit of making it out of aluminum, is > that the fixtures will not wear out easily, if you have it anodized to > harden the metal, once the machining is done, and the fit and tolerances > are verified! > > > > ----Original Message----- > From: McMonagle, Michael R. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 9:39 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] ESD Issues > > Eric, > You should spend the extra money and make the > fixtures from > aluminum, ESD safe acrylic or one of the many conductive > composite > materials. This will alleviate any concerns of your ESD > engineer. > > Mike McMonagle > PCA Process Engineering Supervisor > K*Tec Electronics > 1111 Gillingham Lane > Sugar Land, TX 77478 > (281) 243-5639 Phone > (281) 243-5539 Fax > [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eric Kalgren [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 5:24 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [TN] ESD Issues > > > > I am in the process of designing and building fixtures to > aid our > > assemblers when soldering. My questions is: Do these > fixtures need to > > be conductive? Our assembly area follows strict ESD > procedures and > > the ESD engineer thinks that the fixtures should be > conductive to the > > static dissapative mats we work on. > > > > Thanks for your input, > > > > Eric Kalgren > > BFGoodrich > > Aerospce > > Data Systems Division > > > > > ################################################################ > > 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 ################################################################