{"id":336,"date":"2025-09-23T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.screamingcircuits.com\/circuittalk\/?p=336"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:21:54","slug":"wave-soldering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.screamingcircuits.com\/circuittalk\/wave-soldering\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave Soldering is the Way to Go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With surface mount parts being so thoroughly entrenched, one might think that thru-hole parts and thru-hole soldering are no longer a part of the electronics manufacturing scene. While it is true that the vast majority of parts today are surface mount, there are still plenty enough thru-hole parts being used. Enough, in fact, that Screaming Circuits offers three different methods of soldering: hand solder, selective solder, and wave solder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We still hand solder thru-hole components when there are only a few boards. We will often use our selective solder machine when there are a mix of thru-hole and surface mount parts but not enough boards to justify creation of a wave solder fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PCB Assembly - Screaming Circuits: Wave Solder\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9WyDeGLEKJo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wave soldering gets the &#8220;go&#8221; when we have a lot of boards, especially when there will be multiple runs of the board, such that it&#8217;s more efficient to create a wave palette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though wave soldering has been around for decades, it still serves the industry well &#8211; and it&#8217;s fascinating to watch. 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