Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 04 12:40:38 EDT 2005 | Ted
Hi all, I am wondering what everyone is using as a PCB finish for RoHS. There doesn't seem to be a favorite out there. I know there are many companies using a gold finish but I don't want to pay that much and I have also heard about reliability p
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 08 22:32:18 EDT 2005 | adlsmt
If you are using fine lines and tight spacing ENIG may be cheaper than HASL. This is because there is not as much bridging at the board house between traces so they do less touch up. This would probably be even more true with no-lead. We have been us
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 25 04:55:08 EST 2007 | greg york
Strange as we have had huge problems with Silver in Many different Assembly houses. Mainly with Nitric Acid based Silvers causing blow holes, non wetting and even the Nitric etching away the tracks on fine boards. It has been one of the main problem
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 15 07:59:07 EST 2005 | mattkehoe
We are looking for some feedback on this situation. Please let us know if you have any ideas. Thanks in advance. I have been doing some studies on defects and such with our PCB's in prep for lead free and I've come to a conclusion about our process.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 10:16:42 EDT 2001 | davef
Welcome to SMTnet. Awww, those assemblers are always whining about something. Just tell him to shut-up and build the blankin� boards. Jeesh!!! We used to have copious archives on the topic on SMTnet and our friend Brian is working his fingers t
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 14 10:10:39 EDT 2010 | teamcanada
We are having an issue with a PCB supplier. Their Tin HASL layer seems to be the problem. We have triedworking with them to correct their process. What seems to have helped is lowering their temperature of the Tin dip from 540 F to 510 F.We still ha
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 17 03:13:00 EDT 2010 | grahamcooper22
In HASL pcb coating you need to fully coat the pads with solder and then blow off any excess solder to leave a nice coating on each pad. Generally pcb manufacturers try to give you a flat pcb pad to make your solder paste printing more consistent. To
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 21 10:05:33 EST 2005 | Dougs
Our machines can place components down to 16mil, I've never seen any finer pitch components in use, what pitch are they going down to now? 12mil??? What pitches have you been using? We are a contract manufacturer so customers sometimes supply free
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 07 12:36:08 EDT 2002 | jseagle
What is the recommended board finish for 0402s? Is HASL good enough or is Ni/Au better? Thanks
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 22:14:49 EDT 2002 | davef
While they're '50 pitch', you need to think of 0402 as fine pitch parts. So, ENIG, imm silver, and imm tin finishes and probably OSP would be good choices. Stay away from HASL.
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