Hi, Steve,
Press fit connectors are just that - press fit - and they are designed not
to be soldered. The quality, diameter and tolerance of the plated hole into
which they are pressed is critical, though, for successful press fitting,
but you must know all this. If you then solder the pins you'll have the
devil's own job getting them out again, quite apart from not having enough
clearance in most cases
At least for class 3 boards, wherever I've been, we mechanically support
them as well - nuts and bolts, though I've also seen them just pressed with
no mechanical support, and they've worked fine, especially high pin-count
conns with plenty of insertion/extraction force. Check out the Harwin .com
site for info.
If incompetence is being sought, I suggest that your customer review their
requirements, assumptions, source information, etc., before slinging mud at
you.
Peter
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Subject: [TN] Press fit connectors...
Hi All!
Got a question, if you have a board that has a press-fit connector on it,
would you press it in and automatically solder it?
Or would you press it in and be done?
Just trying to see if I'm missing something...
-Steve Gregory-
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