Mary,

     If your application is this, then:

     I highly recommend you avoid using a Hot Bar Method for soldering SMT
     connectors to PCAs.

     There are other alternatives to Hot Bar that work much better.  If
     your Designers and design allow for tweaking call me.  I don't want to
     explain too much if what I am explaining does not match your
     particular application.

     John Gulley - Manager, Process QE
     INET Technologies Inc
     972-578-3928




______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: [TN] Hot Bar Production Methods
Author:  "<Mary Smoot>" <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date:    11/19/98 8:19 AM


Hello fellow TechNetters!  Good morning.

Do any of you have equipment recommendations for Hot Bar soldering?  We will
have a requirement for upwards of 1 million units/ year and need a production
strength piece of equipment to perform this operation.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Mary Smoot
Process Engineer
Lexmark Electronics
740 New Circle Rd NW
Lexington, KY 40550
606-232-6687
[log in to unmask]

################################################################
TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c
################################################################
To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text
in the body:
To subscribe:   SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name>
To unsubscribe:   SIGNOFF TechNet
################################################################
Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for
additional information.
For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700
ext.312
################################################################

################################################################
TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c
################################################################
To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body:
To subscribe:   SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name>
To unsubscribe:   SIGNOFF TechNet 
################################################################
Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information.
For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312
################################################################