Defoaming electronic hardware

摘要

Printed wiring board assemblies (12) and the like encapsulated in foam (28) may be removed by use of a pair of sandwich structures (30) placed about the assembly. Each sandwich structure includes a pair of perforated sheets (36) with a sinuously extending filament (40) sandwiched between the sheets. Defoaming is effected by pulling the filament from the foam through the intermediary of a tool grasping ends (52) of the filament.