Charles Barker@IO-US 11/12/97 01:17 PM Sometimes, on the more difficult assemblies, you can acheive a lower delta-T across the board with more zones to play with. Additional zones will allow you to adjust for more soak time for a particular belt speed. Please respond to [log in to unmask]; Please respond to [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] cc: (bcc: Charles Barker/IO-US) Subject: [TN] length of reflow oven Hello Technet, Does anyone know a good reason, besides the possibility of having a higher throughput-rate, to invest in a 7-heating-zone reflow oven (with forced convection) instead of a similar machine with only 5 heating-zones ? Daan Terstegge ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################