Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 18:36:48 EDT 2010 | rway
We don't use flex pcbs but have the same issue here. Most of our pcbs are HASL finish. I have looked at silver and gold immersion and both look really good under my color camera on my AOI. However, gold is more pricey. There is no additional cost
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 15 16:12:23 EDT 2008 | boardhouse
Hi Armynski, I sell for an offshore board house, yes, it is common for offshore board shops to fill vias. The bubble is caused by air entrampment within the hole it self, when heat is applied during Hot air and the via is covered on both sides the e
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 20:57:06 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
.025" pitch so the only problem we run into is too much HASL on the adhesive side causing improper glue dispense. | As Earl keeps saying HASL thickness is hard to impossible to control. I think we need to look hard at OSP's again but then you get in
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 22:54:04 EDT 1998 | Dave F
.025" pitch so the only problem we run into is too much HASL on the adhesive side causing improper glue dispense. | | As Earl keeps saying HASL thickness is hard to impossible to control. I think we need to look hard at OSP's again but then you get
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 12 10:05:13 EST 2006 | davef
There's a lots comparisons like this on the web. Here's one: Westwood Associates said on 8/12/2003: ||HASL||OSP||ENIG||Pd||Tin||Silver Flat||no||yes||yes||yes||yes||yes Solderjoint||Cu-Sn||Cu-Sn||Ni-Sn||Ni-Sn||Cu-Sn||Cu-Sn Contact||E-test, ICT||no|
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 15 23:58:01 EST 1998 | Phill Hunter
| | I am having a problem with Entek coated boards. The solder past seem to just ball up on the pads. I had no problems with the board when it was hot air leveled. The board is double sided surface mount. I have tried adjusting the oven profiles m
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 02 10:00:29 EDT 2004 | russ
If you are concerned about shelf life and handling of raw or partially assembled PCBs use Immersion gold and hope that you don't get black pad, I still love this finish but I have been fortunate to never receive bad boards. If I understand your ques
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 11 11:05:06 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| I am having a problem with Entek coated boards. The solder past seem to just ball up on the pads. I had no problems with the board when it was hot air leveled. The board is double sided surface mount. I have tried adjusting the oven profiles mak
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 24 11:27:54 EST 2007 | bradlanger
We have been using SN100C lead free hasl for over a year now with good success. It is very solderable and has good shelf life. You do have to make sure the finish gets applied to the correct thickness. If the lead free hasl finish is not applied thic
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 05 21:14:10 EDT 2001 | davef
You aren't going to post our stuff on your "Hey, I'm the wizard site", are you? Board fab, Pad coatings, OSP 1 OSPs: Imidazole (Via Systems) is good. Entek (Enthone) works, but requires strict thickness control in fab. 2 Enthone CU56 allows one t
