Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 21 16:09:08 EDT 2004 | davef
Q1: What is "enough surface free energy"? A1: Look here for background: http://www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=1575 Q2: How do I determine surface free energy? A2: We look at it a relative term. For instance, a semi matte finish on solder mask
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 21 11:01:59 EDT 2004 | pabloquintana
Cleaning method will depend on the type of flux > that you use in your soldering process. Yes it is isopropyl alcohol. We use "no-clean" halide free flux (Multicore X33-06i). We still cleaning and I beleive it is because we roto trim the leads aft
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 21 11:39:41 EDT 2004 | pabloquintana
Conformal coat a bare board to determine if there > is there is enough surface free energy from your > solder mask to prevent dewetting. Sorry for my ignorance, but what is "enough surface free energy"? How do I determine that? >* Bake a board
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 21 10:53:53 EDT 2004 | davef
We know nothing about Envivar UV 1244 and you weren't real clear about the details of the problem or the materials [eg, ws flux, solder mask, etc], but we'd speculate your adhesion problem goes back to the cleanliness of your board. First by 'alcoho
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 25 08:59:59 EDT 2004 | davef
IPC-HDBK-830, Guidelines for Design, Selection and Application of Conformal Coatings says: A conformal coating may have several functions depending on the type of application. The most common are: * Inhibit current leakage and short circuit due to h
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 21 11:34:10 EDT 2004 | davef
Several things to check are: * Ask Multicore if their flux res and your conformal coat are compatible. Conformal coats and NC flux res are notorious for having compatibily issues. * Conformal coat a bare board to determine if there is there is enoug
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 09 16:01:10 EDT 2003 | russ
Mike, the one pad that is "small" definitely appears to be over etching (It looks like it was supposed to be much larger). What is the dims of this little bugger as compared to the Gerber? i would also tend to believe that there probably is some mask
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 09 16:58:30 EST 2001 | davef
Go for it!!! You were unspecific, but adding mask to a completed board could cause: * Increased paste thickness, if you have double thickness of solder mask. * Wrinkled and lifted solder mask under the component, if the solderability protection of
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 30 12:14:40 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | We are wave soldering some fabs with a lot of unmasked trace area along the edges. The trace area is solid copper covered with tin / lead, no masking, no components along the edges, same on solder side and component side (goofy board design). I
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 02 10:06:17 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | | | We are wave soldering some fabs with a lot of unmasked trace area along the edges. The trace area is solid copper covered with tin / lead, no masking, no components along the edges, same on solder side and component side (goofy board design)
