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Yes, for high rel, high vibration environment, you need to solder all the press fit connection.   You need to pre-tinned press fit socket prior to solder to remove the gold. If I am not mistaken, it is not the standard solder alloy you suppose to use for such application.

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From: Glidden, Kevin
Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 11:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Press Fit


Bad idea.

For one thing, most all press-fit contacts have a hard gold finish.  If you solder this, your solder joint will be a ripe candidate for gold embrittlement.  It is a J-STD-001 requirement to remove gold prior to soldering.  And tinning prior to insertion would increase lead diameter and insertion forces, likely leading to PTH damage.

Second, press-fit insertion is an interference fit.  There was a discussion just yesterday in TN about the criticality of getting the PCB hole spec just right for both the drill and finish sizes.  The installation results in a hoop stress to the PTH.  One can only imagine what can happen if you then take that to solder temperatures.  Lead interference with the PTH for TH soldered applications is a no-no.

My 2 cents.

Kevin Glidden

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From: Vargas, Stephen M [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:36 AM
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Subject: [TN] Press Fit

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    I have a customer who is specifying a press fit connector to be soldered after the press fit operation. I've never heard of this and I was wondering if there is any quality/reliability data in the industry as to why one should/shouldn't do this. Our customer's explanation was that it would add mechanical integrity to the joints. Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Steve Vargas


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