Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 25 03:24:11 EDT 2009 | fiona_j
Hello, I have been recently bringing a new RoHS wave soldering machine into production. Unfortunately, I am finding many of the boards are experiencing blow holes. It is always silver plated PCBs and I believe it is related to moisture ingress. I n
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 09 09:38:53 EDT 2009 | patrickbruneel
Dave is correct (as usual). Baking the boards might reduce blowholes but will definitely not eliminate the problem. Back in my hay days we had a huge problem with blowholes and we baked boards 24/7 with very little success in reducing blowholes (ev
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 09 08:25:40 EDT 2009 | davef
We understand that you have boards in production that you need to ship. In the future, you could eliminate your moisture caused blow hole issue a lot more simply than baking. Consider requiring that your board fab plate the copper thickness of throug
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 08 05:40:10 EDT 2009 | fiona_j
Many thanks for the reply. However, surely because it's under 100 degrees, the moisture won't actually reach boiling point. Is this ok?
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 08 07:07:55 EDT 2009 | davef
We think the idea is to avoid boiling-off the moisture and let it 'cook-off' at a lower temperature to decrease the potential damage to components. If you heat a pan of water on the stove below, but close to the boiling point of water, the water in t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 01:12:31 EDT 2002 | ppcbs
We find that baking PCB assemblies at 90 degrees C in a Blue M forced air oven is safe for most all PCB's that we have encountered over the past 12 years. We remove any external plactic hardware that may be attached to the assembly and also like to
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 21 14:17:27 EST 2002 | MA/NY DDave
Hi I can't give you the answer for your question because I have too many questions and would have to know a lot more before I was comfortable giving any advice. I have done mass Baking of piles of PCB's as a needed evil when piles of boards were ex
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 19 02:59:24 EST 2002 | yngwie
Hi Experts out there, pls help me with the following matters. How important is the bare PCB baking ? What is the temperature for baking @ what RH ? What would be the impact for the ENTEK finished board should the baking is really necessary ? For t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 00:53:39 EDT 2002 | kennyg
What is a typical time/temp baking cycle for an assembly prior to BGA rework? This bake is intended to prohibit PCB or nearby component damage as well as protect the component being removed for reball. A 24 hr bake at 125C would be great, but often
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 20 16:53:18 EST 2002 | davef
Q1: How important is the bare PCB baking ? A1: Baking boards is a non-value added activity. Q2: What is the temperature for baking @ what RH ? A2: Search the fine SMTnet Arcives for bake recipes. Q3: What would be the impact for the ENTEK finishe
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