Re: clipping through-hole leads

"Walter Harley" <walterh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:eqKdnVPhU6Q-wj3enZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> In commercial through-hole PCB manufacturing (I know, this is like
> asking about commercial horse-and-buggy manufacturing...), how are the
> component leads clipped off after insertion and/or soldering?
>
> Is there some sort of spinning-saw-blade arrangement, or a dozen
> underpaid workers with wirecutters, or ... ?
>
>

Machine-inserted parts have their leads bent over slightly and
simultaneously clipped,to retain them during wave soldering.
For low-volume runs,assemblers do it manually.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
.

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