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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Through-plating PCB's
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Date: 1 Sep 89 13:56:45 GMT
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We have a circuit board repair kit here at work (brand name is PACE)
and it has feed-thru repair pieces.

Basically you drill out the feed thru and replace it with this two part feed
thru made of tin. It's basically like a rivet. I will attempt to draw a side
view:

                       ___________                           
            *************||  ||***********                   
            ************* |  | ***********                   
                        ---------                            
The **** is the board. The two pieces fit together thru the hole and you use
a special tool to press fit them together. 

I assume that instead of using this method to repair boards you could use it
to make feed thrus that look pretty professional on boards that you make.


                                                             
                                                             


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