Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 19:04:19 EST 2000 | Jason Nipper
Hi Mike, I have had problems in the past that were very difficult to determine the source of. Our tombstoning issues were caused by the plating on the part itself. If your smd placement, x-y positioning and placement pressure is not an issue, and
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 21:37:31 EST 2000 | Morris
Michael: I would agree with Jason. It seems your analysis has pointed you to one specific brand of part. I've also seen this phenomenon. The part was Palladium plated and when we switched to a nickel/tin plated part, the problem went away. Some o
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 18 08:30:28 EST 2002 | jax
Wolfgang, Billboarding is kinda like a tombstone. The part is just sitting on it's side instead of on it's end. There should be plenty of info on this in the archives under billboard and tombstone. Most likely cause is off center placement and ov
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 14:34:33 EDT 2013 | bvdb
Suggest that you do search on this forum for "tombstoning". Regards, Bert
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 16:17:30 EDT 2013 | nikyta
Hi Eric, you have the right reduction on the stencils apertures? Also, a very oxidized solder paste can -and will do- promote and increase both the tombstoning as well as the solder balls.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 15:11:25 EDT 2013 | ericrr
Interesting, I could not find anything via a website search some of the links came up as 404, others a "home" page and some never went at all (or took too long) So I turned to google and found http://www.smtinfo.net/docs/tombstoning.pdf a 16 page a
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 11:49:42 EST 2002 | stimpman
Hi, Have you checked your placements pre-reflow? The most typical cause of a billboard unlike tombstoning is a pick and place issue. Billboarding will usually happen with ( profile/bad pad layout and the most common just poor center placement. I'v
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 09 10:47:36 EST 2003 | Hussman
Depends on what you mean by shifting towards each other. Otherwise, 7 mil should be fine for 0603. I've used 6mil, 7mil and 8 mil without problems. Generally, stencil thickness won't have a bearing on "shifting" parts. Check placement. Make su
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 12 09:30:33 EST 2000 | Jim Schultz
I need your help. I have been battleing tombstoned 0603 resistors for many months now. I have been working on the profile, the placement accuracy of the chipshooter, and the print accuracy. I am writing in the hopes that someone out there has some
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 20:48:50 EDT 1998 | Ron Costa
I'm currently running a double sided paste smt board loaded with 0603's, on the secondary side. Many of the 0603 devices tombstone during reflow if the parts are not perfectly centered on the pads. Is this caused by the .008 foil thickness? Has anyon
