You can be sure Regards Mike -----Original Message----- From: Jack Olson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:35 PM To: [log in to unmask]; Mike Fenner Cc: Jack Olson Subject: Re: pin in paste I don't think anyone mentioned it, (and I'm not sure how "real-world" useful it is) but Bob Willis offers a FREE introductory tutorial on Pin-In-Hole-Reflow published by 007 here: http://pihrtechnology.com/ Jack . On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 08:24:20 +0100, Mike Fenner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >HI Joyce >There is plenty of useful stuff available, if you search (including on the >usual suppliers' websites) for 'pin in paste' or 'Pin in hole reflow' or >'Intrusive reflow' you will catch a number of pragmatic and some theoretical >studies. >It is possible to not to have drips, push through etc of paste and solder >void free with good hole fill. >What you can do depends on the connector/board design, but generally you are >looking to offset the paste on printing rather than print into the hole. On >reflow it will wet in. If you need to augment the solder volume because >there isn't enough space on board area then you may be able to use component >shaped preforms in tape and reel presentation. Just P&P in to the paste as >if a component. This is relatively standard presentation for a number of >apps not just PIP, so is relatively inexpensive. You can P&P washers in the >same way with appropriate tooling although at lower volumes this can be >expensive if you need an exotic size in low volumes, due to taping costs. At >lower volumes still you can use daisy chains. > > > >Regards > > >Mike Fenner > >Bonding Services & Products >M: +44 [0] 7810 526 317 >T: +44 [0] 1865 522 663 >E: [log in to unmask] > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joyce Koo >Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:04 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [TN] pin in paste > >Joyce Koo >Materials Researcher - Materials Interconnect Lab >Research In Motion Limited >Office: (519) 888-7465 79945 >Mobile: (226) 220-4760 > >Hi, Calling on all of the gurus, Anyone has one or two good reference >regarding voiding minimization or voiding elimination for pin in paste? >Hopefully it is not in need of using performs. Many thanks for all your >help. >Best regards, > joyce ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________