Don, Sorry we don't pull anything smaller than 30 gauge, but this info might give you a starting point. We have a spec for crimped connections that we have also used as a guideline for determining the strength of an ultrasonic weld (two wires - one solid the other stranded). At 30 gauge, the minimum tensile test load should be 2 lbs without breaking. > 02:58 PM 10/13/99 -0500, you wrote: >Techno's > >I have an anomaly that I wonder if anyone out there can help me with. My >customer is asking me to come up with a Pull Strength value. The discription >of the anomaly is that I have a 42 gauge, Copper ciol wire that is hand >soldered to a gold plated terminal. I need to quantify the strength of the >solder bond of the 42 gauge wire that is soldered to the gold lead. I want >to due a pull test of the wire with a Chillion Pull gage. Does anyone out >there know what the value that is considered to pull a wire away from >solder? How is this test performed? > >Senior Quality Engineer >VDO Control Systems >Auburn, IN 46706 >Phone (219)925-8887 >Fax (219)925-8710 >Email: [log in to unmask] > >############################################################## >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 >############################################################## > > Matthew Cirineo Operations Engineering Primex Aerospace Company phone: 425-885-5010 x4855 fax: 425-895-4310 [log in to unmask] ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################