Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 14 08:05:54 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | I believe that gold fingers on my circuit boards are being | | | | contaminated and need to clean them with some chemical | | | | solution. Any recommendations. | | | | | | | Chuck: What is the type and source of your contamination? Dave
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 01 14:47:10 EDT 1999 | Tony
| | | My guess would be trapped flux continuing to be active after soldering. Is the tarnish there immediately after exiting the machine? Do you remove the mask and wash right away? If the solder is reflowing under the mask on the component side
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 10:52:37 EDT 2000 | rolandos1
Hello, My name is Rolando and I want to know more about gold fingers protectors. Our current problem is on SMT line which is used with one board with gold pads and while normal production we get solder paste contaminations on these pads, recently o
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 26 05:27:35 EDT 1999 | Edmund
i had a problem here, during the wave soldering process, we apply a water soluble mask on the gold finger to protect it from contamination. But after washing, there is still some mask left on the gold finger. Can anyone pls advise is there any parame
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 22 10:24:23 EST 2014 | cyber_wolf
No matter how good your process is, you will get solder on the gold fingers/lands unless they are protected. We have proven that solder will get on the gold fingers in the reflow oven. How that happens....we arent't 100% sure...there are a lot of the
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 14 09:12:59 EDT 2009 | davef
First, there is no good justification for getting solder on gold fingers. Second, it is well known that solder on gold fingers is unacceptable. So, shipping boards with that condition indicates sloppy quality practices at your CM. Third, that being
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 02 05:28:13 EDT 1999 | Vinesh gandhi
| | | We are wave soldering some fabs with a lot of unmasked trace area along the edges. The trace area is solid copper covered with tin / lead, no masking, no components along the edges, same on solder side and component side (goofy board design).
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 28 07:02:59 EDT 1998 | smd
Right now we are taping the goldfingers which is effective but also expensive. Also, some tape was leaving yellow marks on the goldfingers. We're trying the so-called goldfinger glove from Steven's Products. It's a very small company (probably one gu
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 03 08:29:24 EDT 1998 | Dave F
SMD: Sounds interesting. What is the contact information on Steve? Dave F | Right now we are taping the goldfingers which is | effective but also expensive. Also, some tape was leaving yellow marks on the goldfingers. We're trying the so-called go
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 03 08:23:37 EDT 1998 | smd
Stevens Products (supposedly around since 1937) 128 N. Park St. E. Orange, NJ 07019 Tel 973-672-2140 Contact: Ross Stevens, Jr. They'll take a PO but terms are net 30 Right now we are taping the goldfingers which is | effective but also expensive. A