Charles,

Just curious why the turret can be soldered onto the PCB without swaged
but you do not think it is acceptable?

To swag the turret is to ensure it stay put when the board is pass
through wave soldering. If not, they have the tendecny to be pushed off
from thier holes. However, this problem should only occurred if the hole
diameter on the PCB for the turrets is much larger than the turrets own
diameter.

Isn't the hole diameter on the PCB for turrets should be specified as
tight fitting? If that is the case, there is no need for swagging it for
hand soldering though I am not sure about wave sodlering.

Just my 2 cents worth of opinions as a designer.

Regards,
Wee Mei

Charles Caswell wrote:

>Of course it can be done. Acceptable? I don't think so. But I have done it,
>the customers drawing specifically said not to swage. The reason for this was
>that the turrets were getting broken and are much easier to replace when not
>swaged.
>
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>One simple question:  Can a turret be soldered on a PCB without being swaged
>and is it acceptable?
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>Jean-François Bissonnette
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