JF, If it stays on the board as shipped hardware, it gets swaged. Only temporary hardware or test wires are "just" soldered. Un-swaged terminals are unreliable in dynamic environments and could be catastrophic if one came loose. R. G. Blomberg Honeywell -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Francois Bissonnette [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 2:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Swaged hardware Hi techneters, We use post terminals for test points. Is it necessary to swaged them as shown in the mechanical assy section of IPC-A-610? Does anyone use them without swaging them but just soldering? Thank You! JF ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################