Mary - I'm not trying to sound ambiguous because you may or may not have problems depending on other factors for the assembly. Could you consider rotating one pair of the pads 90 degrees, if you have the room? Then there should be no effects with the stencil printing, placement or reflow. Ed/ Ed Valentine Electronics Manufacturing Solutions 8612 Mourning Dove Road, Raleigh, NC 27615 Phone: (919) 270-5145, Fax: (919) 847-9971 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.ems-consulting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Knouse" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: [DC] surface mount pads > I am designing a surface mount board and we want to be able to place a 1/4 > watt(1210) or a 1/2 watt(2010) part on the same pads, so I am placing both > pads on the board (one over the other). I am wondering if there will be any > problems when we place them with the machine. > Any information would be appreciated on this. > Thanks, > Mary Knouse > PCB Designer > SymCom, Inc. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. > To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------