Mr. McBride,

Following ref books might get you started with SMT
manufacturing and designing:

1. "Surface Mount Technology - How to get started,  A guide
to understanding and implementation" by Dr. Charles L.
Hutchins.
2. "Surface-Mount Technology for PC Board Design" by
James K. Hollomon.

I believe these books were published in late 1980's

regards
Matthew Park
NII Norsat International Inc.


>>> <[log in to unmask]> January 23, 1998  1:42 pm >>>
     All,

     We are a small engineering and manufacturing company
just getting into
     surface mount assembly.  We have been almost
exclusively through hole but
     with the elimination of many through hole parts, we find it
necessary to
     move on.  Additionally, most of our manufacturing
contracts in the past
     were older 'build to print' jobs based upon old designs for
our military
     customers.
     Soon, both manufacturing and engineering
representatives will meet to
     discuss manufacturing's design requirements.  Because
we have had so little
     experience with surface mount assembly, we really don't
know what to ask
     for from a design for manufacturing standpoint.
     I would be interested in any design specifications or really
any reading
     material that could point us in the right direction (i.e. pad
geometry,
     component orientation, etc.) as well as manufacturing
     specifications/guidelines (i.e. stencil printing, solder
reflow, etc.).  We
     are currently reviewing IPC-S-816, D-279, and SM-782.

     Thank you all in advance of your support.

     Steve McBride
     Manufacturing Engineer
     Frontier Electronic Systems Corp.

     (www.FEI-CORP.com)

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