Eldon, I did some trials several years ago putting nylon body connectors in a vapour phase reflow process. We had extensive "popcorning" when they had absorbed moisture, but no other significant deformation was observed. David Whalley At 04:15 PM 8/18/98 -0700, you wrote: >A board (2 sided SMT w/4 TH connectors on top side) I am reviewing for >possible build contains connectors with bodies constructed of Nylon 6/6. >Per my McMaster-Carr "reference book", max temp for this material is >rated at 170F, with max intermittent temp rating of 355F. My best guess >at this time is the connectors would deform/meltdown during reflow, and >would need to be hand added. The connectors are Molex 52024 series. > >Question; am I right? Or has anyone successfully reflowed a connector >using this material. > >Thanks in advance. > >Eldon Sanders >Senior Manufacturing Engineer >Instromedix, Inc >[log in to unmask] ################################################################ 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 ################################################################