Happy Friday To One and All!

Now that formalities are out of the way, let's cut to the chase. I'm
looking for some feedback on how everyone out there is attaching
thermocouples to PCBAs for profiling purposes. I will be using this as a
survey for a potential paper abstract on diffferent methods, pros/cons,
temperature comparisions, etcetera, etcetera. Survey results will be
posted for all to see, so we may share in others successes and pains.
Please take a moment to complete and return to my address only (not
TechNet) to prevent clogging up TechNet and ticking off Hugo. You may
post to the forum if there are issues you are facing that you want to
share with all. Thanks for your help, I greatly appreciate your
inputs....

1) What types of thermocouples are you currently using?

2) If standard wire (Type K), what gage wire?

3) If standard wire, do you buy preassembled or 'roll your own'?

4) What is your method of attachment for profiling?
        (solder/glue/tape/other)

5) What specific material/mfr/part #?

6) Do you use a fully loaded board for profiling?

7) How often do you get to use a fully loaded board?

8) Do you keep the board, with thermocouples attached, for later
oven/profile validations?

9) Do you use a partially loaded board with only large mass parts?

10) Do you use a bare board only?

11) What are your main concerns when profiling?

12) Have you previously used other methods of attachment?

13) If so, what type?

14) What were your results?

15) Do you work for a contract assembler or an OEM?

16) Any other comments?


Thanks again for your time and inputs....

Mike McMonagle
PCA Process Engineering Supervisor
K*Tec Electronics
1111 Gillingham Lane
Sugar Land, TX  77478
(281) 243-5639 Phone
(281) 243-5539 Fax
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http://www.ktecelec.com

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