We inherited a product line from a closed plant that lead formed a .600 dip to gull wings using an arbor press. This is not a high reliability process, mainly due to poor coplanarity. The DIP is then hand located and either glued or reflowed. Hand placing is acceptable, due to the extremely large lead spacing of a DIP. Use a surface mount socket if they must be reflowed, or even better, purchase them with the proper lead configuration. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Subj: Forming PTH DIPs For SMD Author: [log in to unmask] at internet Date: 10/22/96 11:42 AM Good Day TechNetters! What experience can you all share about forming through-hole DIP packages into a surface mount configuration (J-leaded?) so that the part(s) can be mounted and reflowed during the SMD operation? Is there automatic equipment available to form the DIP leads? If so, who are the manufacturers and what would be a ballpark cost? Has reliability testing been done to validate solder joint integrity? Is anyone using pick & place equipment to automatically place the newly formed part(s)? Ron Hollandsworth [log in to unmask] ITT A/CD Fort Wayne, Indiana *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************