Re: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <3c6137471f17424280d9b2ceaefd7f853b6...@usmafrexmb01.bose.com>, dated Wed, 19 Dec 2007, "Tyra, John" writes: >The good material is Nylon 66 and the bad material is PBT. The issue is >the bad material cracks when a screw is inserted into the mounting >screw boss.. These materials a

Re: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
...@conformance.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:12 PM To: Tyra, John Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart John, It would help (a lot!) to know what the plastic is, and what the differences are between the material used in the good

RE: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
John, Any method to differentiate between the two materials should be based upon measuring some characteristic where the difference between the materials seems to be large. Any mechanical, electrical or thermal property should work. You have received several suggestions. As

RE: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
appreciated. Regards, John From: Nick Williams [mailto:nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 1:12 PM To: Tyra, John Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart John, It would help (a lot!) to know what the plastic

Re: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
In message <3c6137471f17424280d9b2ceaefd7f853b6...@usmafrexmb01.bose.com>, dated Wed, 19 Dec 2007, "Tyra, John" writes: >Any suggestions are appreciated. You have to tell us what the materials are. Without that, no suggestion is valid. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and

RE: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
y work for you as this depends on plastic types. luck, Brian From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Tyra, John Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:18 AM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart Hello everyone, One of o

Re: Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
John, It would help (a lot!) to know what the plastic is, and what the differences are between the material used in the good parts and that used in the faulty parts. Nick. At 12:18 -0500 19/12/07, Tyra, John wrote: >Hello everyone, > >One of our vendors changed the plastic mate

Looking for quick method of telling plastic material apart

2007-12-19 Thread emc-p...@ieee.org
Hello everyone, One of our vendors changed the plastic material on one of the safety controlled parts they make for us and unfortunately they cannot tell us what lots this may have affected. The parts made from the two plastics look identical to the naked eye…. Any suggestions on a quick and

Re: Plastic Material

1997-12-12 Thread Rich Nute
the resistances that can dissipate power for an extended time -- long enough to heat the plastic material to ignition temperature. The resistance can't be too low or too high. For each power source, there is a range of resistance that can dissipate sufficient power. Usually, this is in the

RE: Plastic Material

1997-12-11 Thread Jim Eichner
emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: Plastic Material > > Hi, > > Did anyone hear that UL intends to enforce the following with effect > on Jan 98 with a transition of half to one year that : > " The minimal plastic requirement for SELV is going to be 94V-1 > in

Plastic Material

1997-12-11 Thread georgea
To: emc-pstc%ieee@interlock.lexmark.com cc:(bcc: George Alspaugh) bcc: George Alspaugh Subject: Plastic Material Hi, Did anyone hear that UL intends to enforce the following with effect on Jan 98 with a transition of half to one year that : " The minimal plastic requirement for SELV is going to

Plastic Material

1997-12-11 Thread Jasmine Tan (Technical Coordinator)
Hi, Did anyone hear that UL intends to enforce the following with effect on Jan 98 with a transition of half to one year that : " The minimal plastic requirement for SELV is going to be 94V-1 instead of HB as previously indicated" Does anyone know if this enforcement is referring to : a) Pr