We currently half cut our fiducials with our Laser's and gain a black enough contrast that there is no need for these to be filled with black adhesive after cutting. They stay black through all cleaning process's. Doug Black Technical Manager Dek Precsion Screens Division Weymouth,England Tel: (01305) 760909 [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Taheri, Kamran To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Fiducials Date: 22 September 1999 21:28 Is there any other methods of putting fiducials on the stencil? Our vender Laser cuts the fiducials half the thickness of the stencil then fills it with black adhesive. After a while the black adhesive starts to deteriorate and my phone rings of the hook. I usually get good results filling the fiducials on the thicker stencils with Loctite 410 black adhesive. But not much luck when dealing with 5 or 6 mils thick stencils. Any comments appreciated. ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################