Andy,
Unless Malcom has since come out with clips as an optional replacement for
their standard copper cylinder for paste testing (I doubt it) you cannot do
termination studies.  I suppose you could get suppliers to coat the Malcom
copper cylinders, as long as they did not change the ID of the tubes.

regards,
Bev Christian
Nortel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Mackie [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 3:59 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [TN] Component Solderability Testing
>
> Does anyone out there in TechNetville have any experience of Solder Paste
> solderability testing? The only instrument I know of is the Malcom SP-1:
> are there any others? How useful is the SP-1 for testing combinations of:
> component-types/ termination-metallisations/solder paste
> types/atmospheres?
>
> All information gratefully received...Thanks!
>
> Andy Mackie, PhD
> Praxair, Inc.
>
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