Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 06:43:06 EDT 2003 | cyber_wolf
We are currently producing a board for a customer that has about 400 gold fingers that get wire bonded after the assy. leaves our facility. We have tried many different approaches to ensure that we are not getting solder on the gold fingers. Nothing
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 04 09:29:21 EDT 1998 | Chrys
I have gold fingers that I want to mask when running over the wave without pallets. They're on the leading edge of the board. I recall seeing rubber boots that slid onto the fingers to mask them. Pop 'em on before the wave; pop' em off after and r
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 28 18:14:51 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
Try looking for paste contamination somewhere. Dirty stencil, printer table or fixtures. Placement table/fixtures. Reflow belt/conveyer. Reuseable finger covers, if used. Try covering the fingers with Kapton tape during different stages of the proc
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 23 03:23:09 EST 2000 | Rob Steltman
Hi We use a U-channel piece of high temperature silicon which is just pushed over the gold tabs before the soldering process. The silicon can be used over and over again. The advantages are that there is no mask on the board during the SMT process a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 11:42:50 EST 1999 | John Zisa
| hi, | i am working towards developing a no-clean process for a customer at contract manufacturing facility. the assemblies have gold fingers on them. these are masked to prevent from any damage to them during reflow soldering. the earlier proces
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 12:54:55 EDT 1998 | Richard Jackson
| We had a similar problem. But whenever the solder came from the screen printer the solder would wet to the gold fingers, with the help of residual flux. But the problem is balls, that I assume are not wetted to the gold fingers but instead are jus
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 20:34:13 EST 1999 | parag palshikar
| | hi, | | i am working towards developing a no-clean process for a customer at contract manufacturing facility. the assemblies have gold fingers on them. these are masked to prevent from any damage to them during reflow soldering. the earlier pr
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 21:29:38 EDT 1998 | D.Lange
| I've tried every thing I can think of. Do you have any | Ideas? | What I have is micro balls on the gold fingers of | panelize boards. These balls only appear on the gold | finger. Or at least I can only find them on the gold | fingers. | What I
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 23 16:07:20 EST 1999 | Steve Gregory
| hi, | i am working towards developing a no-clean process for a customer at contract manufacturing facility. the assemblies have gold fingers on them. these are masked to prevent from any damage to them during reflow soldering. the earlier proces
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 12:29:59 EDT 1998 | Richard Jackson
| Richard, | You may be encountering solder paste contamination | on the assembly during the printing process. Solder | will reflow on tin/lead plated lands therefore invisible. | If you are washing the assembly prior to inspection | then you are
