Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 10:57:32 EDT 2001 | davef
Before this wave solder pallet salesman blather gets too far out-of-control, let�s stop for a minute. The three major approaches you have are: 1 SELECTIVE SOLDERING: Using: * Specialty wave soldering machine to solder specific areas of a board * P
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 16 09:08:34 EDT 2001 | davef
Adding to Mike's comments. There are two types of selective wave soldering machines. * Chimney type, like the AirVac and Wenesco that Mike used. They use a boot to funnel the solder to the component to be soldered. * Programmable head type [ie, ERS
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:17 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 13:13:43 EDT 2001 | MikeF
Adding to Dave's comments, suppliers of selective soldering machines include Air Vac and Wenesco. I've used both, to solder and de-solder larger thru hole parts, such as connectors and large IC's. They are best suited to lower volume applications, an
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 13:40:56 EDT 2001 | Steve
I need help with a process issue. I am dealing with a board design that is double-sided SM with a couple high density through-hole devices. I want to flow solder the through-hole stuff, so what is the best way to deal with them? Since one of the thro
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 14:19:03 EDT 2001 | David Brink
Steve Often solder mask is the only solution but in many cases there is enought space between smt and thru-hole to utilize a component masking wave solder pallet. The advantage to a pallet is consistancy of results and excellent protection of masked
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 15 10:59:23 EDT 2001 | davef
Who are other selective solder pallet suppliers that we should consider?
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 16 18:43:10 EDT 2001 | Steve
Thanks for all of your suggestions. Since there are quite a few options, the selected method will depend on volume, tolerated cycle time, ROI, etc. I believe we will be dealing with relatively low volume, so I am going to investigate the selective w
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 13 16:42:35 EDT 2001 | kenbliss
I agree with EMC based on what you described, and they build good pallets along with a few others, a small word of caution is that pallets are bit expensive typically several hundred dollars or more each. So if you find that is the road you go, be s
Electronics Forum | Thu May 10 22:16:51 EDT 2012 | davef
It's bad practice to remix used solder paste with new solder paste in the jar. Further, some would argue that it's bad practice to reuse solder paste period. If economics force you to reuse solder paste, store it for reuse in an empty jar. When rea
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