Ioan At the AT&T facility in Richmond, we did both. The results were nearly always in close agreement. Since the dip and look test was far easier to execute and could be performed by someone with less training, we elected to use the dip and look procedure. Unfortunately, neither method is perfect. Best regards Lee J. Lee Parker, Ph.D. JLP Consultants LLC 804 779 3389 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tempea, Ioan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:12 AM Subject: [TN] solderability testing Hi Technos, I need to setup a sort of solderability testing process. J-STD-002 is pretty clear, but I would like to know how are you set up for the job. Mainly I would like to be able to make a decision on dip and look OR wetting balance? What kind of equipment are you using? How to make the tests less of a black magic and more of a repeatable process, with easy to interpret results? Thanks, Ioan --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------