Flex General Limitations

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• Package thickness maximum about .150 above and below the forming line
  
  
• External centering nests required to handle bottom brazed part
  
  
• .012 maximum material thickness
  
  
• .500 minimum cut in most cases
  
  
• No large round leads
  
  
• No one-sided parts
  
  
• Minimum shoulder needs to be .035 and a STD JEDEC foot .025 min
  
  
• Tie bars and or tie bar corners need to be removed prior to using this tool. You can use Fancort P/N F-3A found under cutters in our catalog or a very high quality scissors, though this is not recommended and can introduce skew.
  
  
• Due to lead thickness and spring-back sticking is sometimes an issue in a Flex system. This happens because of a gold or solder build up on the tool members. Frequent cleaning or dedicated tools for such devices is recommended.