Mass Soldering

This issue of the journal features the first part of a two‐part series which comprises Chapter 15 from Volume 1 of a recently published book ‘A Comprehensive Guide to the Manufacture of Printed Board Assemblies’*edited by W. MacLeod Ross. Volume 1, containing 800 pages, and Volume 2, scheduled to be published in the Spring of 1997 and estimated to contain around 900 pages, will, as far as the publishers are aware, be the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject of printed boards and printed board assemblies.