Electronics Forum | Tue May 22 12:27:04 EDT 2007 | cyber_wolf
I would consider calling Kester and telling them they need to send their people out. I could not really see mesh size being an issue on anything 20mil and above. There are several other issues that can cause aperture clogging as well...: Incorrect
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 14 09:34:25 EDT 2017 | cyber_wolf
In my experience there is no need for wet wiping stencils. We run 0201'and micro BGA's daily with no issues. If you are having paste release issues, I would be looking at other things. Aperture area aspect ratio, aperture design, land design, sold
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 20 10:27:58 EDT 2009 | joelperez
Hello, Has anyone dealt with the process of listing the substances on their electronic products due to REACH? I'm trying to find out if there is a way to globally calculate the area ratio of all the apertures on a solder paste stencil so I can calcu
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 02 10:06:28 EST 2007 | oldsmtdude
Agilent SP50 rocks for continuous improvement and pass-fail efforts. You'll see variation you never imagined you had prior. But be aware you absolutely have to monitor data and tweak your processes to improve results. Do not jump in and try and use
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 01 10:29:43 EDT 2006 | slthomas
It's been a while since I've built with 16 mil pitch, but I have to second the recommendation to go to 5 mil stencils. Night and day as far as release characteristics. The increase in aspect ratio opens up the window a lot. (read = covers up a mult
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 14 14:51:10 EDT 2010 | jgalarza
After checking some of our stencil data for the correct aspect ratio I found that a few are wrong. I would like to change them from 5mil thk to 4mil thk but do not know how much paste volume I need to keep. We are using 0201,0402, and BGA with 0.80 p
Electronics Forum | Mon May 24 13:11:12 EDT 2010 | deanm
A guideline that I use agrees with MikeS: For 20mil pitch, apertures should be 9-10mil with a stencil thickness of 5-6mils to achieve an acceptable aspect ratio of 1.7. Just be sure you are using a mesh Type 3 or 4 solder paste. Otherwise, larger par
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 01 13:43:51 EST 2012 | anvil1021
Do you mean the Paste Layer of the Gerber files? If so then you can check for aspect and area ratio of the component apertures (which is determined by the thickness of the stencil) there is an IPC specification for this and it is IPC-7525A I believ
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 10 12:56:15 EDT 2000 | Ken Van ZIll
I agree that homplate is a good design, but also this could be caused by the stencil thickness and aperture size, if you are at 7-9 mils thick stencil and a 1:1 ratio on aperture size then 2 things i know of will happen, one a squishing out of past o
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 10 03:57:37 EST 2020 | jakapratama
Hello, When I calculate based on the data you gave, your stencil aperture area compared to pad area is 94.52%. Your aperture area ratio is 1.76 using 5 mils thickness foil. OK, your stencil and your paste release is not the culprit here. Your proble
