Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 10 12:29:59 EST 2008 | joeherz
Dave, You've got me worried - All of the boards we've tested to this point are LF HASL. Why do you say "can't be ENIG"? Am I missing something? We have not sectioned soldered boards as yet but plan to shortly. Thanks.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 13 17:45:43 EDT 2010 | bradlanger
Boards with the LF hasl finish applied too thin will genrally pass the IPC test. That is some pretty agressive flux they call out. The boards usually wave solder just fine as well. Reflow is where the you see the problem.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 12 21:36:04 EDT 2020 | SMTA-Josh
Has anyone had an issue with changing from a HASL surface finish to a LF HASL finish if it is still being used in a leaded process? Also we are having issues with the planarity on the fiducials with the HASL finish. Are there any suggestions or ch
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 11 11:59:23 EST 2008 | joeherz
Update - We've tested a board previously having voiding issues with ENIG versions and the voiding has completely disappeared. No other variables were changed. Looks promising. I have an order of LF HASL boards arriving soon that we plan to split i
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 13 19:51:07 EST 2009 | joeherz
Update Received cross-section analysis for ENIG plated boards and am happy to report that we have no voiding issues. Intermetalics look great and no copper dissolution. No process parameters were changed, only the PCB plating. For now, we are onl
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 22 05:04:08 EDT 2007 | jkhiew
Hi, Recently we have encountered solder wicking on components termination (total of 13 pcs of components on one pcb)with Ag/Pd finishes during lead-free reflow soldering. The pcb is LF HASL surface finish and LF solder paste composition is SAC305.We
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 15 16:31:25 EDT 2020 | rgduval
You may find some wetting issues running LF HASL with 63/37, as your reflow temperatures will be significantly below the LF reflow. On fiducials...if you don't have a quote for your boards with ENIG, I would recommend at least checking it out. It's
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 28 09:47:06 EDT 2005 | fctassembly
Hello Carl, The main reason there is little information on lead free soldering to ENIG is because most of the lead free soldering to date has been Japanese consumer products. To keep costs down, the major surface coating used has been OSP copper. It
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 12 18:58:19 EST 2008 | joeherz
I attended SMTA's copper dissolution webinar this morning and am almost convinced that this is not our problem. Still planning to do cross sections to verify but our dwell times are nowhere near levels that could cause a problem assuming good platin
Electronics Forum | Wed May 14 12:42:16 EDT 2008 | rgduval
Dave, Realized I didn't respond to one of your questions. We pasted and reflowed one board, with no components. This board exhibited extreme dewetting on all pads. The board was LF-HASL, and the paste was Qualitek (which we've used for approximat
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