Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 12:07:09 EDT 2017 | georgetruitt
HOW THICK IS THE BOARD? IS THERE A LOT OF COPPER IN THE BOARD? DOES YOUR CUSTOMERS PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF IN THE BOARDS BARREL DESIGN THERE NEEDS TO BE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR LEADFREE SOLDER TO FLOW, DID YOU CHECK YOUR PIN(LEAD)TO HOLE (BARREL) RATIO? N
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 24 09:52:14 EST 2004 | davef
First, two points about hole / barrel fill are: * A filled hole is an excellent indicator of the optimum process and optimum quality PCB. * The study that showed that holes need not be filled was paid for by the US Army and performed by Lockheed in
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 22 19:34:56 EDT 2010 | hegemon
Thanks for the help guys. Nice to think I was basically on the right path. PCB manufacturer has finally conceded the barrel defects and is remaking the PCBs. We are big on pre-tinning the leads of TH connectors as well as providing some good pre
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 17:10:37 EDT 2010 | hegemon
Heck, now I look up and see this is SMTdotNET. Do I get banned for asking a TH question? So here's my first real TH issue after living so long in the SMT world. We are having a sudden issue in what has been a stable process for quite some time. I
Electronics Forum | Sun Dec 15 22:31:43 EST 2002 | craigj
Has anyone heard of vias cracking (barrel from pad) when being wave soldered. Was told this was a big problem by contract pcb designer, he always tent vias because of this. The reason was that the solder filling the vias caused stressing and then sep
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 03 11:33:09 EDT 2011 | artposada
I have been getting solder balls on the leads of a transformer that I am soldering to my pc board. My parameters are listed below. The board PTH's are .039 The transformer leads are .0255 square. My solder pot temp. is 310C Solder is Lead Free AIM
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 10 00:15:07 EST 2008 | jeffjarmato
Are there any good solutions for getting good barrel fill on PTH boards using Pb Free solder and No Clean flux. All of our boards are having issues getting minimum required fill per IPC. It does not matter if the board is 062 or thicker, any pin conn
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 06 15:29:01 EDT 2022 | glasscake
Also I should mention, I've ditched the formulas for getting the "optimal" solder amount after being bit by them once. Now I just design a PCB with 4-10 spots for the connector then order a stencil with a range of aperture sizes. Figure out what give
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 30 09:31:52 EST 2014 | rgduval
I've always approached it like this: Design your processes and perform your work to class three standards, and inspect to the standard that is acceptable. That is, all work should be performed to the highest degree of quality. When the work is ins
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 24 15:11:32 EDT 2010 | sjohnson
We are experiencing a high incidence of what we call "black barrel" (to differentiate from black pad) with multiple contract manufacturers and PCB vendors. The PCBs are ENIG and during wave solder (SACX-0307) multiple thru-hole components are seeing
