I would recommend going with the two piece design, unless your inspectors have X-Ray vision (hehehe). Mike McMonagle PCA Process Engineering Supervisor K*Tec Electronics 1111 Gillingham Lane Sugar Land, TX 77478 (281) 243-5639 Phone (281) 243-5539 Fax [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Lustig, Steven K.. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, October 12, 1998 6:41 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] EMI Shields > > Good morning! > > Does anyone have experience with EMI/RF shields ("cans") that have SMT > legs which you put onto pads on the board and then reflow? Can you > reflow this while reflowing the parts underneath the shield, or will > those parts see insufficient heat to reflow their solder? Do you > recommend a one-piece shield or a two piece one - where there is a > fence-like perimeter that solders onto the board with those SMT legs > and > then a lid which snaps onto the fence? > > Thanks in advance for the help. > > -Steve > > Steven K. Lustig > Process Engineer > EMS Technologies, Inc. > Norcross, GA > (770) 263-9200 x4714 > [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 > ################################################################ ################################################################ 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 ################################################################