Steve Ever heard of DFM and concurrent engineering? Brian "Stephen R. Gregory" wrote: > Hey all... > > The last couple of weeks have been interesting to say the least as far as my > wave soldering goes...(Hey Joyce! Any openings at your new place?...gofer', > janitor, anything?... ;^)...). > > You may have read about my problems with the way pins connect to inner planes > and all that, but now the last few days I've been trying to wave assemblies > that have metal heat-sinks bonded to the top of the PCB with the PTH > components installed on top of the heat-sink and then into the PCB... > > Again, I've tried everything that my feeble mind (at this point) can possibly > do to wave these bloody things... > > I'm thinking that designs such as these cannot be wave soldered with any good > results. Am I wrong in thinking that? Do these designs have to be hand built? > Am I just spinning my wheels trying to wave solder them? > > Gawd, I'm getting beat-up by so many people because I can't figure out how to > wave these pieces of...of...of..."work"... > > -Steve Gregory- > > ############################################################## > 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 > ############################################################## ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################