Pin & Paste on Thick PCBs

Dear Jack,

If you are trying to attach a connector - contact me offline or go to http://www.tekais.com. Teka offers a technology that deposits enoough solder volume on connectors for thicker PCB's.

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It�s sometimes tough to put enough paste on the board before reflow to obtain half-way adequate hole fill with components on a 0.062 inch thick board. So, a 0.093 incher, um. Yano, a lot is determined by board lay-out and how you jigger your profile so not to leave any escapees on the board.

Places to find more information are: http://www.smta.org/knowledge/proceedings_abstract.cfm?PROCEEDING_ID=586 http://www.alphametals.com/products/solderpaste/pin-in-paste.html http://www.itm-smt.com/articles.html http://www.bobwillis.co.uk/ Amp connectors used to have some good stuff, but �

We bought a package from SMT Plus years ago. It had a little program that allowed you to play with apertures and hole fill. Oh, and remember, solder paste is 90% metal by weight and only 50% by volume.

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