Another solution to look at is an anti-tombstoning paaste produced by
Multicore.  It is a blended powder of two alloys and sizes that seems to
really work.

>
>
> Hello to All,
>
> We have had tombstoning in a Film Chip Capacitor (Size 1206).
> It is being soldered in a normal reflow process, and this is the only
> component that it is showing tombstoning.
> Reviewing the specs. of the component in the web I found that this
> capacitor is recommended for Wave Soldering.
> Does anyone know the difference in construction between the Capacitors for
> Reflow and Wave Soldering?
> Is it possible that this be cause for the tombstoning?
> I am also sending pictures for cross section for the capacitors that we are
> using (Recommended for Wave Soldering).
> They could be seen at Steve's site.
>
> Regards
>
> Alejandro Becerra
>


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