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. > > ################################################################ > 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 ################################################################