Graham, I have seen something very similar within a supplier spec, and at that time the French office turned it into "pad for wire" in particular it was a wire bondable pad, so reading between the lines, I guess its a solderable or wire bondable pad. Roger ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [TN] translation help? Author: "TechNet E-Mail Forum." <[log in to unmask]> at #email Date: 11/08/99 09:40 Technetters A question for the Euro-Technetters, or perhaps French Canadian... I'm looking at some drawings for an RFQ, the design is French. Most of it is not a problem, but there is one component that is identified with a part number, and a designation of "plage d'accueil pour fil". The drawing does not help identify this part. My not so trusty french-engligh dictionary tells me this means something like "welcome beach" but that's obviously not much help. Can anyone clarify what this phrase means in this context? Thanks, Graham Collins Process Engineer, Litton Systems Canada, Atlantic Facility (902) 873-2000 ext 6215 ############################################################## 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 ############################################################## ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################