SWITCHES August, 2006 Bourns Manufacturers Representatives Corporate Distributor Product Managers Americas Sales Team Asia Sales Team Europe Sales Team Bourns Internal Bourns Plant Managers SDTM Series Temperature (°C) Bourns® Trimpot® Division is updating the housing material used on the Model SDTM series. The new material is lead free process-compatible and brown in color. It is recommended that customers not deviate from the soldering profile in Figure 1. Shipments with the new brown housing material will begin the week of August 28, 2006. MAX. 260 °C 255 °C 230 °C 150 °C Room Temperature 120~150 Seconds Time (Seconds) 5~10 Seconds 60 Seconds Please feel free to contact Bourns if you have any questions or comments. A E A B B