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During testing, PCBs are often subjected to mechanical bending efforts that induce excessive strain. This study focuses on the building of a Finite Elements Analysis (FEA) methodology that prevents excessive bending strain in critical points of a PCB during an ICT. To validate this methodology, a set of experimental tests, matched with a set of FEA, were carried out. Thus, companies, before the development of an ICT machine (fixture), will be able to use this FEA methodology to predict whether the maximum strain of a PCB under study, when subjected to its ICT, will damage it, thus reducing unnecessary production costs. 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