I would like to expand my PCB assembly capabilities to include top-side SMT plus top-side though hole. The process, as most of you know, is: Stencil Solder Paste Pick and Place SMT Reflow Autoinsert Through Hole Components Wave Solder Bottom side SMT can also be applied before wave. MY CONCERN: Stress on the topside SMT components / solder joints resulting from the autoinsert process (or any other stress). MY QUESTION: What has been done in this field, what information is available, what concerns/work-arounds exists, etc? How is this best brought online? Thanks, Mike ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################