Hello All: Has anyone had any great success soldering 01005 parts? We have not. Our manufacturing department has had us lowly pcb layout guys try about every pad configuration/footprint layout to try and come up with one that works well, reliably. We have used part & stencil manufacturer's recommendations etc...etc....etc.... Nothing has seemed to work very well. If you have had success, do you mind sharing your secret? Please share your knowledge of: PCB Footprint (pad sizes, pitch, mask or no mask between pads etc...) Solder paste stencil opening size Type of solder paste Thickness of stencil Reflow parameters (time, temp etc...) Being that I am not a mfg. guy, I am sure that there may be a lot more information that we need in order to be successful. I figured TechNet would be as good a starting point as any for gathering the needed information. The vast amount of knowledge, experience and comments that are shared on this forum, never ceases to amaze me. Thank you in advance for your suggestions, comments and horror stories. Sincerely, Mike Michael Floyd CAD/CAM Engineer Office Address: 4393 Digital Way Mason, Ohio 45040 Shipping Address: 4240 Irwin Simpson Rd Mason, Ohio 45040 513-204-7647 (Direct) 513-204-7600 (Main) 513-204-8999 (Main Fax) [log in to unmask] www.L-3Com.com/Nova <http://www.l-3com.com/Nova> Mon-Fri, 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM, alternating Friday's off (9/80 work system) ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 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 For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------