Thank you for the quick reply!
Actually, the "type B" I referred to applies to a flex cable that can be found in this page:
http://www.tennrich.com/trtw/cabling_3.php
It is a reverse Engineering project and, from what I can see, there is, indeed, a 2-sided adhesive strip on the PCB, but it is next to the contact area and it is apparently used to keep the cable from pulling the contacts off the PCB, by reducing any physical stress beyond that point.
But I still don't see how the contacts themselves are physically attached to the pads on the PCB. The contacts must have been prepped (or plated) in order to be "soldered", I reckon.
I just wonder what tooling will allow this to happen. Since that it is to be applied to a RoHS assembly, I also wonder if heat will not become an important variable in the process. I mean, Pb-Free solder joints require a higher temperature, but that flexible cable is made of a plastic-like substrate.
If someone can recommend a tool for this task, I would be greatly appreciative.
Thank you!
Joey
reply »