Good AM tech'ers

Next week I will be at the Assembly Tech Expo in Rosemont, IL in search of
some selective soldering equipment.  I was hoping that anyone that has had
some previous experience with Selective Soldering could give me some advice
on which important factors should be considered when reviewing selective
soldering equipment.  (Low to medium volume releases)

Items that I am already looking for are (in no particular order):

        a.) Ease of programming
        b.) Maintenance costs (replacement parts)
        c.) Fixture costs (pallets, etc...)
        d.) Repeatability of the process
        e.) Speed
        f.) Set-up and change over time

Right now I am looking for options in our post wave soldering department to
reduce the amount of labor needed for hand soldering.  Some of the jobs that
we have coming up are double sided SMT (so we reflow both sides) and then
hand solder in the TH comps.  Qtys per release may range from 100pcs -
500pcs (and there is usually 10 - 15 TH comps that need to be hand soldered)
What does this all mean....more labor more labor more labor.

Any input would be helpful.

TIA for your input.

Rich Lasko
Badger Electronics

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