With the development of electronic products towards miniaturization, multi-function and high performance, PCB assembly has also developed into surface mount (SMT) based assembly. However, due to the constraints of inherent strength, reliability, applicability and other factors of the product, a certain number of through-hole plug-in components will still be used in the product. The current assembly process is usually to manually assemble through-hole components after reflow soldering to complete the assembly of printed boards.
At present, PCBA through-hole welding is the most widely used wave soldering process, also referred to as PTH and DIP. PTH is the abbreviation of Plate Through Hole, which is mostly used in European and American enterprises, meaning plate through-hole process. The other is called DIP, which originates from the fact that the part feet are immersed in the tin wave in the wave soldering process to achieve the purpose of welding. It is used in Japanese enterprises, and the industry believes that DIP=PTH.
Wave soldering is a very critical process in our production and assembly process, such as the common double-sided mixed plate.