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Date:
February 16, 2010 12:44 PM
Author:
esoderberg
Subject: 2010&2512 cracking
95%+ of my boards are small and therefore are panelized using the V-score technique. Getting a lot of resistor cracking even though the resistor is layed out to be perpendicular to the long board edge. What dimension should be used from the board edge to prevent this in the future.
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Date:
February 23, 2010 09:48 AM
Author:
dyoungquist
Subject: 2010&2512 cracking
How are you sepatating your boards out of the panel? If you are flexing them to break the V-score, this could be what is causing the resistors to crack.
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Date:
February 23, 2010 10:33 AM
Author:
Andrzej
Subject: 2010&2512 cracking
To prevent cracking SMD components near the edge of PCB you should use guillotine for V-cut groove.
Other solution is redesign panel of PCBs and in critical areas you should mill along the outline instead of V-cut, but if you choose this way probably you will pay for it (less PCBs in panel and higher fabrication costs of PCB - milling instead of V-cut).
Once you attach photo of your problem we can provide you with solution.
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Date:
February 23, 2010 11:05 AM
Author:
KJS123P
Subject: 2010&2512 cracking
We had this same problem several years ago. The caps and resistors were cracking when we snapped the boards apart. We now use a pizza cutter style depanelizer. A couple of manufacturers that I know of are CAB and Fancort. I hope this helps.
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Date:
February 23, 2010 12:34 PM
Author:
dyoungquist
Subject: 2010&2512 cracking
We use a CAB de-panelizer to separtare our boards out of a panel. Works great.
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