Wade, Martha from AMP has some good suggestions, but does not suggest the best possible alternative. Check with TEKA Interconnect Systems (www.tekais.com) and see if they have a solder bearing connector in the style you require. The leadframes are already pre-loaded with solder and flux, eliminating the paste requirement and the possibility of bridging/shorting when inserting the connector onto wet paste. Just slide 'em on and pop in the oven, they work great.... 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: Wade Oberle [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 3:18 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] soldering Connector > > Dear Technetters, > I have a double side surface mount board with an edge > connector. > The connector slides on the edge and has leads on both sides on the > board at a pitch of 0.05". There are about 30 leads on each side of > the > board. We are planning to attach this as one of the final assembly > processes but how. Can we use a mini wave solder pot to create the > solder joints or should we order a custom solder tip (0.05" x 1.68") > so > we can heat up all the leads on one side at one time and then feed in > wire solder as needed? > > Any and all ideas would be appreciated. If anyone knows of an > automated > or semi-automated 'hot bar' solder method, we are interested. > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > > Wade Oberle > [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 ################################################################