<..snip..> as to maximum packing density: isn't this a function of the placement jaws? and isn't that a moving target?
I guess newer machines are more accurate than older ones - you do have to work with what your assembler can cope with though (or move to a different assembler).
what are good numbers for 0603 for example? side to side and end to end?
Dunno - I wish I had some hard numbers. Not just what the assembler says but real graphs showing failure rates (shorts mostly I guess) vs separation. Anyone got any hard data?
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when you say wave solder are you referring to bottom side parts which are glued and then waved?
yep
regardless of the pad size and in our somewhat limited experience with this process (glue, flip and wave) it has been less satisfactory than a fully reflowed process
We do quite number of designs where the bottom side is all wave soldered surface mount and the top is mixed reflow leaded. We are pretty used to the process these days. Designing for wave soldering is much more onerous that reflow solder thieves, alignment, shadowing etc - not hard just a little more time is needed - oh and wave density is much lower than reflow.
Ian
Ian Wilson wrote: > > One to stir up the hornets nest a little...and a little off topic maybe > > http://www.considered.com.au/ProtelFiles/images/Phycomp_vs_IPC.gif >
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