Ron, Your question, "Does anyone here have a sure fire way to combat insufficient solder." apparently has two interpretations (1) how do I get sufficient solder and (2) What should my inspectors do when there is insufficient solder. I'll try to address the inspector issue. Normally, inspectors do not cause rework. They have criteria from J-STD-001 and ANSI/IPC-A-610. Based on that criteria they will determine if an assembly passes or fails the criteria. Unless that Inspector is quite experienced, a Quality Technician or Engineer, or a Process Engineer determines what action must be taken. Often "Insufficient Solder' is a process indicator. The process needs improved, but the board does not need to be reworked. Incidentally, I don't think that the term "Insufficient Solder" is in either standard. I think that it is just a general term that we often use without much definition. Good Luck, Ron --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------