Ellen Berkman wrote: > > Hi Technetters: > > Our Production Manager has issued a work > instruction for signature approvals. The solder side pictorial shows an > insulated jumper wire being routed between leads of several ICs. I asked > why he routed this way. The answer was that it is the shortest path. I > chose a different path that is a bit longer yet does not cross through > any pins. The operator would need to dab glue on an extra corner. We > looked through IPC 610C for rules. The acceptable pictures show jumpers > going through pins. The jumpers in 610 do not follow x-y routings like I > was taught. > > | > o o o o o o o o | > o o o o o o o o | > o o o o o o o o | > o o o o o o o o | > o o o o o o o o | > o o o o o o o o | jumper > o ____o__o_____o__o______o__o_____o___| > o o o o o o o o > o o o o o o o o > o o o o o o o o > o o o o o o o o > o o o o o o o o > o o o o o o o o > o o o o o o o o > > Please advise and explain why we can or can't route as the production > manager wants. > > > > > Thanks > > Ellen Berkman > QA Manager, Excalibur Systems ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################