[Halld-tracking-hw] CDC Ground Connections

[Fernando J. Barbosa]

Hi Gerard and Gary,

Yes, there are chamfers on the HVB, one on each side of the connector 
(i.e., close to first and last contacts).

Best regards,
Fernando

Gerard Visser wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> 	I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but certainly a chamfer can be used 
> with these edge connectors and it will help reduce the insertion force 
> considerably.
> 	I'm not arguing against an insertion/extraction mechanism as is now 
> being dicussed. That's also a fine idea. I would think you might still 
> want to chamfer the board edge.
>
> 	Gerard
>
> wilkin wrote:
>   
>> No Gerard, it does not. The 28 traces start at the edge of the board, so
>> applying a chamfer
>> There is difficult.
>>
>> gw 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gerard Visser [mailto:gvisser at indiana.edu] 
>> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:34 PM
>> To: wilkin
>> Cc: 'Tim Whitlatch'; cmeyer at ernest.phys.cmu.edu; 'GlueX Tracking'
>> Subject: Re: [Halld-tracking-hw] CDC Ground Connections
>>
>> Hi Gary,
>> 	Does the CDC HVB have a chamfer on the edge that goes into the
>> connector?
>>
>> 	- Gerard
>>
>> wilkin wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>  
>>>     I just measured the insertion force multiple times and came up 
>>> with an average reading of 10 pounds.
>>>  
>>> gw
>>>       
>>     
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