Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 21 12:43:51 EDT 2000 | David
We are going to hand place through hole connectors by screening them top side in a double sided reflow board. I saw this done before sucessfully on a daily basis but is there anyone with a paper or specs as to what aperture size, any special pad cons
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 12 11:22:58 EDT 2013 | gregp
Wow, great information! I have a feeling you are talking about some predominantly through hole assemblies with mostly common components. In this case fully automated solutions make sense if the volume is there. But these machines cannot do everyth
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 19 15:16:47 EST 2014 | warwolf
Interesting, see we used to do a large amount of PTH but we have been able to convert most of those parts to SMT now. the majority of our PTH is connectors. I am doing some research as to the types of through hole assembly that still remain.- This d
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 10 08:42:26 EDT 2013 | rway
Most of our product are mixed technology. I don't consider thru-hole components as "pesky." Perhaps from a manufacturing point of view they are due to the extra handling and machine requirements. But from a reliability stand-point, thru-hole is mu
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 09 16:29:56 EDT 2013 | gregp
Hi Everyone, I'm looking for some feedback about through hole assembly requirements today vs. yesteryear. As I see it, there are two main categories...legacy through hole and new through hole with mixed technology. The legacy stuff is older designs
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 01 16:18:16 EDT 2002 | davef
Q1: Is this [paste in hole] feasible? A1: Yes, many people lower their operating cost by reflowing through hole components. Q2: What types of components are difficult to do this way [paste in hole]? A2: Types of through hole components that are d
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 19 19:06:42 EST 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Plenty of people don't like cut 'n clinch and might appreciate just having the cut part. We do a mix of OEM and CEM work, because of the low volumes special tooling for a product is often out of the question so that is one thing to consider. We use t
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 20 16:51:48 EST 2014 | joe98375
gregp: Our PTH process has not changed in many years. Our products are fairly simple as far as electronics goes and everything gets potted anyways. ~90% of everything we build is single sided TH with ~ 100 solder joints per board. Each board is ~
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 21 05:40:49 EST 2014 | spoiltforchoice
I meant more from the programming perspective, make sure you make the most of what you can do with modern computing interfaces. Making configuring/creating jobs etc as accessible as possible to as wide an audience possible. As an example look at how
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 17 13:43:39 EST 2014 | gregp
So we all know through hole assembly hasn't been completely eradicated. I am doing some research as to the types of through hole assembly that still remain. My questions are related to through hole requirements and past, current and future methodol
