I would go for the leadless parts, QFN, LLP, etc. Regards, Ioan Tempea, ing. t : 450-967-7100 ext : 244 [log in to unmask] www.digico.cc P N'imprimer que si nécessaire - Print only if you must -----Message d'origine----- De : Karen Tellefsen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Envoyé : Monday, September 28, 2009 11:34 AM À : [log in to unmask] Objet : [TN] What through-hole components cause the most process issues? This is for all you process engineers. What though-hole components cause the most trouble: those with many high density pins components with a lot of heat capaticty, such as heat sinks, transformers, etc.? Anything else? Do you wave solder glued SMT components, are any of these problematic? Thanks for your help. Karen Tellefsen - Electrical Testing [log in to unmask] 908-791-3069 --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------