[J57ltr]

A vibratory table will sustain forces for a much longer time. A single shock load may be higher but a shaker table will tell you. Since implementing this test we have yet to have a single failure for “lost” components in the field. A ferrite inductor isn't really that heavy (I’ll weigh some in the morning), it may be heavier than the Cap that's sitting next to it but because of the way they broke you can clearly see that the solder joint was not a good one. It happens; they are fixing it under warranty. Excellent customer service as I have seen in the past. I am not saying anything bad about them or their process, hell we are a small company and we screw up all the time. When we find it we fix it and put in place measures so that it doesn't happen again. I am not even saying they made a mistake, a solder joint can get past the best of us, even with a 10X Loupe. And with some of the new solder and components out there it is a problem until you get used to it. I have soldered HPM solder for tools used in the oil field industry. I can freehand any component you put in front of me surface mount a PLCC chip not a problem, SC70 transistor, you betcha, leadless packages all day long. I have done solder inspection till I am blue in the face, it’s a bad solder joint. No big deal. You guys are always blaming the user I don’t understand it.

Jeff