John, As long as you are not violating the minimum conductor spacing for your design and the icicle/spike is firmly attached to the solder surface. Then record this condition a process variance, make sure it doesn't happen again (i.e. slap the operator on the hand) and go on. If this condition happens all the time then correct the root cause and move on. The views expressed are strictly my own. Tom Carroll Hughes Aircraft Company (310) 334-4757 [log in to unmask] _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: ASSY-Flagging From: [log in to unmask] at CCGATE Date: 5/10/96 10:57 AM Happy Friday Technetters- I've been tasked with justifying the enforcement of a long established internal requirement, here at PBNI. For as long as I can recall, we have been considering solder flagging (aka icicles, solder spikes) a rejectable condition, even when a solitary occurrence of as little as 0.8 mm. (We based this rejection upon workmanship standards that we adopted from a sister organization with a much more Class 3 and military orientation). As we are manufacturing Class 2 products, and are re-evaluating the adopted requirements, this 'reject' comes into question. I'm reviewing ANSI/J-STD-001A and IPC-A-610B this morning, I find no reference to this condition other than that shown in Figure 4-17 of the latter. I certainly don't object to loosening up on our present standard if it is not justifiable, but I can't help the feeling that I'm missing something. Am I ? An anticipatory ...Thanks ! The following is an attached File item from cc:Mail. It contains information that had to be encoded to ensure successful transmission through various mail systems. To decode the file use the UUDECODE program. --------------------------------- Cut Here --------------------------------- begin 644 rfc822.txt M1G)O;2!496-H3F5T+7)E<75E<W1`:7!C+F]R9PT*6"U%;G9E;&]P92U&<F]M M.B!496-H3F5T+7)E<75E<W1`:7!C+F]R9PT*4F5C96EV960Z(&9R;VT@<VEM M;VXN:7!C+F]R9R`H,38X+C$Q,RXR-"XV-"D-"B!B>2!%1$5.+DA!0RY#3TT@ M*%!-1$8@5C0N,RTW(",U.#@T*2!I9"`\,#%)-$I$5UHW0C5#,#`Q35I30$5$ M14XN2$%#+D-/33X[($9R:2P-"B`Q,"!-87D@,3DY-B`Q,#HU-CHR,"!04U0- M"E)E8V5I=F5D.B!F<F]M(&EP8RYO<F<@8GD@<VEM;VXN:7!C+F]R9R!V:6$@ M4TU44"`H.30P.#$V+E-'22XX+C8N.2\Y-#`T,#8N4T=)*0T*(&ED($U!03(R M,3`P.R!&<FDL(#$P($UA>2`Q.3DV(#$R.C4U.C$P("TP-S`P#0I296-E:79E M9#H@8GD@:7!C+F]R9R`H4VUA:6PS+C$N,C@N,2`C,BD@:60@;3!U2'510BTP M,#`P0S)#.R!&<FDL#0H@,3`@36%Y(#DV(#$P.C0W($-$5`T*4F5S96YT+61A M=&4Z($9R:2P@,3`@36%Y(#$Y.38@,3(Z-34Z,3`@+3`W,#`-"D1A=&4Z($9R M:2P@,3`@36%Y(#$Y.38@,3$Z,CDZ,#`@*S`P,#`-"E)E<V5N="UF<F]M.B!4 M96-H3F5T0&EP8RYO<F<-"D9R;VTZ('!B;FDN871T;6%I;"YC;VTA4$).(5!" M3C$A2DUC1V5E0'-I;6]N+FEP8RYO<F<@*$IO:&X@36-'964I#0I3=6)J96-T M.B!!4U-9+49L86=G:6YG#0I297-E;G0M<V5N9&5R.B!496-H3F5T+7)E<75E M<W1`:7!C+F]R9PT*4F5S96YT+7-E;F1E<CH@5&5C:$YE="UR97%U97-T0&EP M8RYO<F<-"E1O.B!T96-H;F5T0&EP8RYO<F<-"D-C.B!00DXA4$).,2%P8FYI M(5!"3B%00DXQ(5-+96QL>4!P8FYI+F%T=&UA:6PN8V]M#0I297-E;G0M;65S M<V%G92UI9#H@/")787`P1C(N,"YS6$,N:TMS86XB0&EP8SX-"DUE<W-A9V4M M:60Z(#Q-4RU-04E,1RTR+C`P+4YO=&4M<&)N:2U*36-'964M,#@S,3<T,S0W M,3X-"DU)344M=F5R<VEO;CH@,2XP#0I#;VYT96YT+71Y<&4Z(%1E>'0O4&QA M:6X[(&-H87)S970]=7,M87-C:6D-"D-O;G1E;G0M=')A;G-F97(M96YC;V1I M;F<Z(#=B:70-"D]L9"U2971U<FXM4&%T:#H@/'-I;6]N+FEP8RYO<F<A<&)N M:2YA='1M86EL+F-O;2%00DXA4$).,2%*36-'964^#0I8+4UA:6QI;F<M3&ES [log in to unmask]:7!C+F]R9SX@87)C:&EV92]L871E<W0O-#`T-0T*6"U, H;V]P.B!496-H3F5T0&EP8RYO<F<-"E!R96-E9&5N8V4Z(&QI<W0-"@`` end