yep, had us going in circles for a couple weeks last spring on a 1+6+1 uVia phone board. At first they accused the pwb of causing it -- NOT! I forwarded your post to the Mfg Eng who worked through it. Feel free to contact me offline if you don't hear from him. Dwight Mattix (858) 658-2522 At 09:48 AM 10/5/99 -0500, jim wrote: >Ken, > >Give me a buzz off line. I think I saw something like this at Qualcomm. >972-494-1911 >-----Original Message----- >From: Ken Patel <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 8:08 PM >Subject: [TN] Looking for Help to prevent Tilting of EMI shield > > >>Guys, >>We are currently using a EMI shield which is dual in nature i.e. perimeter >>is connected like SMT and leads are soldered like PTH. This shield is being >>hand placed onto the board before reflow where perimeter is getting >>connected to the board while the leads are soldered when the board goes to >>wave soldering process. >> >>Our problem is that this part is getting tilted easily and to prevent that >I >>am looking for some kind of solution- Does anyone has tried out the kinked >>leads to provide snap fit so that it won't tilt during the reflow >operation. >>Any other potential solution to stop the tilt besides some kind of weight. >>Does anyone ordered die and formed the leads and resolved the tilt problem? >> >>My part is 1.5" X 2.5" with .5" height. Leads are .5" apart. >> >> >>re, >>ken patel >> >>______________________________________________________ >>Ken Patel Phone: (408) 490-6804 >>1708 McCarthy Blvd. Fax: (408) 490-6859 >>Milpitas, CA 95035 Beeper: (888) 769-1808 >> >>############################################################## >>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 >############################################################## ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################