Good morning Stephen We have a glue dispenser in line with our process that applies adhesive and solder paste dots. When applying solder paste dots we are getting consistently getting good solder joints . I hope this help Luis Gallegos Sanmina (kenosha) [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 262 947-7700 -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Thornton [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 8:40 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Wave Solering SOT23 To All Technetters, This question has probably been asked many times but I'll ask the experts one more time Can anyone tell me how to get good solder perfomance when wave soldering SOT23 packages We have tried quite a few different things but cannot seem to get consistently good joints on a range of different boards and products. We have layed out the lans and pads to the IPC recommendations and tried going larger, smaller and different orientation etc with no major success. Has anyone out there got the key to this one? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Please reply to the forum so that all can share the wisdom Thanks in advance Stephen Thornton Engineering Manager Tytronics 12 Circuit Drive Hendon SA 5014 Telephone: +61 (0)8 8268 5400 Fax: +61 (0)8 8268 2503 ############################################################## 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 Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################