Hi Teo - The use of a vibrating mechanism on the reflow oven rail is a poor
substitute for fixing the real cause of skewed and shifted components! I
suggest focusing on why the components are being presented to the reflow
oven in a skewed position (poor placement?!) and solving that issue.
Vibrating a solder joint that is molten and/or in the process of
solidification can result in a number of solder joint wetting issues.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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One of our supervisors attached a vibrating mechanism to the rail on the
reflow
oven.  This helped align some skewed and shifted components.   I have never
heard of this before.  It appears to work, but there are some issues with
finding optimal frequencies, etc.

Is anyone using any technology similar to this?

-Teo Tijerina
Conexant Systems, Inc
El Paso, TX 79936
915.780.5552

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