Treat Me Gently...-Treat Me Kind

摘要

Q:We are losing a fair number of our flex assemblies during assembly. How can we prevent the heavy connectors from damaging circuits leaving deep scratches?rnA: Proper circuit handling is a big issue, both for the manu- facturer during the build process and for the end user at assembly. Damage due to improper transport and assembly is an issue for the PCB "hardboard" industry, but is magnified when handling a "softer" flex-circuit. Polyimide and Mylar are easily damaged when they come in contact with a sharp connector pin or other metal component. Sometimes the best efforts to handle circuits in a "one up" configuration go awry during the many processing steps involved in final assembly.