Hi Everyone, A little while ago, I asked for advise regarding a tombstoning issue with a MELF. I received some replies and they all indicated that the pads are probably too large. Now, I would like to run an experiment to prove that out before changing the artwork on the board. I asked my board fabricator if they could rework some boards by adding soldermask to half the pad but I was told that the mask wouldn't adhere over the Immersion Silver finish on the pad. Does anyone have a suggestion that I could try? Thank you, Paul Black Manufacturing Engineer Kronos Incorporated --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------