Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 11 13:37:02 EDT 2007 | shing
I am a fresh SMT engineer. I am now facing a problems, solder contamination on Golden Finger nearly about 1 year. I don't know what going on. I have checked the cleaningness of stencil, solder paste handling,IR re-flow profile and even PCB surface
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 16 13:06:59 EDT 2007 | shing
Will solder contamination related to PCB's surface finishing?
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 20 05:04:30 EDT 2006 | bing007
We had a similar problem with gold contact pads. Cleanliness is paramount. If you are using foil tensioning system, wash the foil in a stencil wash before use as the cardboard cassettes may be contaminated. Be very careful when loading into a frame f
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 26 20:56:43 EDT 1998 | Masdi Muhammad
We are trying to reduce the number of units fail at system test due to flux on gold finger. We know so far that the flux is deposited onto the goldfinger during touch-up or rework and to reduce the contamination we are planning to implement 'tapin
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 12:37:35 EDT 2001 | edylc
>>> gold finger was covered by a Kapton tape and it was done offline away from the Screen printer or rather from the SMT lines itself, we are using an ENIG Pcb's , the process doesnt need a wave soldering ....however at the final end of the line ,
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 22:38:19 EDT 2001 | edylc
Hi , Could you be seeing the nickel under the gold plating because you are removing some of the Gold with the Kapton Tape....?? You mean , the adhesive properties of the kapton tape will cause the gold plating on the gold finger to be somehow peel of
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 27 17:09:20 EDT 1998 | Rin
| We are trying to reduce the number of units fail at system test due to flux on gold finger. We know so far that the flux is deposited onto the | goldfinger during touch-up or rework and to reduce the contamination we are | planning to imp
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 26 22:35:55 EDT 1998 | D.Lange
Masdi, Try board shunts. They are hi-temp rubber strips with grooves cut. They can be popped on and off with ease and are much faster than taping and considerably cheaper. They also work great for masking goldfingers prior to wave soldering. Contac
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 13 08:04:43 EDT 2007 | davef
Search the fine SMTnet Archives [on gold finger], while you're waiting for others to reply. For instance: http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=42759
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 13 10:39:35 EDT 2007 | dphilbrick
If you can not find the source of cotamination then apply masking to fingers until you do find source, single layer of Kapton tape or similar should not affect print thichness. This will eliminate scrap / rework in the mean time.
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