Sorry Lou - submarines are no fun, but every operator has his/her moment. We look at each case individually but almost always choose to scrap the assembly. Yours sounds pretty severe and I think you would be throwing good money after bad (even if it did work after all that rework abuse). John Thorup > -----Original Message----- > From: Lou Hart [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 6:55 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Solder-dunked assembly > > TechNetters, comments, please, on this situation: I have a printed > circuit assembly that had solder flow over its component side when it went > through the wave. It has quite a few shorts, which could be removed with > 1-2 days work. What concerns might we have about this assembly, once the > shorts are removed? > Lou Hart > Quality Assurance Manager 412-858-6184 > Instrumentation Systems Division > Compunetix, Inc. > "With the chart on the wall, with the figures published, let's emulate and > rouse our enthusiasm in production." - State Statistical Bureau of the > People's Republic of China > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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 web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################