Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 21 17:46:29 EDT 2006 | SD
First of all, do not use kapton tape! It tends to cause a dewetting effect around the tape. A call to Humiseal will explain why. There's not really a blanket answer to your question.... Removing cured liquid mask can often result in a fillet ef
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 13:28:12 EDT 2011 | blnorman
I agree with Dave on the processing issues, but there are others: Print speed capability (do you get good deposits at various print speeds), humidity exposure (our plant did get to the high side so moisture absorption on the board/stencil was an issu
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 09 07:51:12 EST 2004 | Bryan
Hello everyone: 1.I use Kester R244 63/37 solder paste. 2.Stencil thickness 6 mil. 3.Springdale Chipset. 4.PCB finish:HASL 5.Profile:Peak temp.:210~220C,time above 183C:60~90 seconds,time between 150~183C 60~90 seconds. 6.Reflow oven:Heller 1800 Voi
Electronics Forum | Thu May 26 08:52:42 EDT 2011 | davef
Phil Zarrow wrote a useful paper that could help in evaluating paste. Here read it ... Evaluating Solder Paste � Not An Option Contributed by Phil Zarrow of ITM an Independent SMT consulting firm With soldering being the dominant source of assembly
Electronics Forum | Fri May 20 03:14:03 EDT 2016 | designhaus
Hello, We are about receive an 85.000 USD award grant towards purchasing manufacturing or testing equipment for our company. We are trying to figure out how to best use this grant. Here are short facts about us: We are a design house, so all our ma
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 23 22:30:31 EDT 2005 | wjxingggg
poor soldering of PCB. > unfit stencil hole of QFN > incoming problem for this component >...... What is your opinion? or what can I do for the next step? Thanks again.
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 14 17:59:45 EDT 2002 | russ
When I used the micro-stencils, We purchased the holder from the stencil manufacturer. As far as design we used 5mil stencils for uBGAs,6-7 mil for larger 63/37 balls, and 8 mil for CBGAs. Aperture openings used were slightly smaller than what we wo
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 13 13:34:13 EDT 2003 | caldon
HI Andrea- to answer Q: 1) Stencils can be order through various vendors that manufacture stencils. You would need to have CAD data for the Stencil company to make them. You design engineer should have the CAD info. Also, the stencil design company c
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 13 12:28:11 EDT 2003 | Andrea
Up until this point, my company has been hand soldering all of our assemblies. We are a high reliability manufacturer and work to the IPC-610 Class three/ target. We just received a Reflow Solder Batch Oven. It is a small oven, a Gold-Flow GF-B. I ha
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 24 11:10:07 EDT 2002 | Gregg Temkin
I�d appreciate assistance in trying to resolve a placement/soldering problem. My company has designed a board which uses a large number of 0402 LED�s that are .028� high. The LED�s need to be soldered so that they point straight up and are not til