Hi Eric - I suggest that you check out one of the upcoming conferences for
a wave soldering tutorial (either the IPC or SMTA conferences). Also -
given your long "cultural" background of high performance/hand soldering
that you are about to change it may be more beneficial to bring in an
outside consultant for a couple of days to provide one-on-on, face-to-face
guidance - especially if you have the wave solder equipment in plant so you
could be actually working on the machine. Les Hymes (541-687-0011) or Ralph
Woodgate are active in wave soldering. You can check out the IPC Consulting
Services Matrix for additional folks that could help. Good Luck.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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Hi all,
  Just a few more wave soldering questions, I promise!!!
Here's my situation:
We (as a company) have been hand soldering 99.9% of our parts to PCA's
since 1954.  We make low volume, high mix military and space reliable
assemblies.
We've recently purchased what we feel is a good, reliable wave soldering
machine.  The problem is that only one or two individuals are familiar with
wave soldering operations.  And one of them is not me!  Does anyone out
there know of any good references,texts, or classes on wave soldering as a
process that I can get/attend so that I know a little bit about what I am
talking about?  It is hard to persuade an engineer with 30+ years of
experience that this is a good thing if you have only the vaguest notion of
what you are talking about!

Thanks,


Eric Kalgren
BFGoodrich Aerospace
Data Systems Division
(505) 938-5139
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