Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 21 17:55:19 EST 2005 | slthomas
"...Moonman is a pretentious wannabe in the industry. If you look through the archives here you'll see that nothing could be further from the truth. His contributions on the past were pretty friggin' spot on. However, he no longer posts anything t
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 18 07:49:48 EST 2005 | Samir Nagheenanajar
I agree that Moonman is a pretentious wannabe in the industry. His site has no relevant information, the only humur in there is a picture of his fat finger pushing a button. Myself and my collegues here thought of making a "fake" consulting company
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 06 14:00:27 EST 2005 | grantp
Hi, One of our suppliers suggested you could use the microwave to warm up the solder paste if you really needed to, and it did work for a full tube, but when I tried a half used tube, I thought I had invented a weapon of mass destruction. It was sca
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 27 05:51:17 EDT 2005 | pavel_murtishev
Good day, Search the net with "Solder paste softener", or check the links below: *Malcom http://www.malcomtech.com/products_sps.html *Japan UNIX http://www.japanunix.co.jp/ju_en/products/UM-103.html *Genitec http://www.genitec.com.tw/gam-60-e.htm
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 12 10:02:18 EST 2007 | rgduval
A little late to the party here, sorry... Has the joint been verified as a cold solder joint? That is, visually confirmed that it looks like cold solder, and, perhaps, xrayed to confirm the solder status? X-raying may sound a bit extreme, but you'
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 08 09:41:23 EST 2007 | SWAG
Check the bare board - could also be an unmasked via on the heel of the pad that is sucking solder into it.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 08 08:15:28 EST 2007 | tjcrume
I have received 10 customer returns for a cold solder joint on 1 lead of a 36 pin IC. Everytime it is on the #18 pin. The process is reflow and I can't figure out why the one leg is cold and the other legs look OK.
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 08 08:54:56 EST 2007 | jhaviland
groundplane not heating properly.. Is it a J leaded IC? sometimes these get bent slightly in the packaging and sit just far enough off the board to cause solder problems.
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 04 10:59:02 EST 2014 | rrosera
HI, I work for a company in New England and recently had a unusually large number of boards fail after replacing a BGA on them. We use a AirVac DRS25 to remove and replace the BGA witch uses local forced hot air. We usually have at least a 90% s
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 10 09:06:47 EST 2009 | stepheniii
Just how cold do you store your paste? And what are your solder paste reps like? Here they fall over each other giving support for their paste. And have you seen the problem with flux separation or have you only heard about it?
