Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 20 08:00:50 EST 2007 | avalancher
Many years ago, we used to double print. The way we did it was with a rubber squeegee set to do a flood stroke, followed by a return cleaning stroke with a metal squeegee. Why?! Well, this was in the days before Laser etch, and because the chem bat
Electronics Forum | Fri May 23 16:38:28 EDT 2008 | wayne123
Well if you are getting bridges under, one thing that we used to do was flood the part with flux and then run it back through the reflow. Keep in mind we were not a High reliability manufacturer. This practice didn't hurt OUR boards, and most of the
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 12 13:00:58 EST 2008 | cisridn
I have to build test fixtures for RF Power transistors. These components generate alot of heat so the PCB is soldered to a baseplate. The problem I am having is that I am getting too much solder flowing thru the via's and flooding the topside of th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 24 15:04:22 EDT 2011 | kahrpr
I am going to open the flood gates of comments. The purpose of no clean is so you do not have to clean it. Yes I am aware of no cleans that you can clean. If you need to clean the boards use a water soluble paste. If you do not clean, no clean prop
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 17 19:23:05 EST 2023 | SMTA-64387083
Read the articles everyone else recommend. I haven't read of them but I will say this. A Solder Mask Defined pad is a copper flood that has much more thermal mass than a Non-Solder Mask Defined pad so it will heat and cool at a slower rate. I suspect
Electronics Forum | Mon May 07 16:00:38 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
Dave, There is not really a �smart� or scientific way to check this but I know of easy ways and very effective ways. Fex. an easy way to check is with a 3� spatula, you hold the spatula at the same angle as the board and drag trough the wave simula
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 26 07:52:35 EDT 2020 | sync40
Hello to everyone, Have you ever experienced soldermask bubbles inmediately after printed the soldermask itself? (for screen printing method of LPISM). I am not talking here about blistering or any outgassing defects after exposing to high temperatu
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 13 04:12:20 EST 2013 | hqew2013
Do you design or define PCB layouts? If so circuit board, what rules and checks do you have in place to make sure your results are... optimal? Over the years, I've created a PCB design checklist to keep me out of trouble. I share these nuggets with m
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 08:52:05 EST 2000 | Todd A. Braun
We currently use a silicon conformal coating on many of our manufactured circuit boards and are experiencing situations where the coating doesn't conform. For example, on the sharp edges of components and corners of leads it pulls away before curing
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 17:54:37 EST 2000 | Steve Harshbarger
Casimir, I have seen exactly what you are experiencing with the Kester 958 on other wave lines. No clean fluxes vary in how much flux residue is visually left behind. These no clean residues are typically not harmful to the PCB, but they are often
