Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 17:14:02 EDT 2002 | davef
Comments are: * Use an eraser if the surface of Au is not clean, but make sure the eraser has no/low ionics (such as sulfur that is a common additive for rubber). * If the plating surface required eraser to remove the top surface, the plasma normally
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 30 09:07:14 EDT 2008 | grics
Zestron's Vigon RC-101...Good with no clean
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 10:16:49 EDT 2006 | russ
Clean up!, check all conveyors for paste, the printer, oven. If you are splattering in the oven than you need a better profile or better paste, one of the two, maybe both. Hope was helpful Russ
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 31 02:40:20 EDT 2008 | JH pbf
We use Axarel 2200 as recomended by Vitronics Soltec, which is the same as we use on our MPM printes for under stencil cleaning. It is non-ozone depleating and has a high flash point. For insurance purposes we banned IPA from the shop floor some
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 01 20:21:34 EST 2001 | huat
Hi, Currently, we use kapton tape to tape out the goldfinger at our area. We still experience solder at goldfinger area, suspected is from washing of misprint boards. Can someone advice me on what is the method being use to clean the goldfi
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 05 20:43:27 EST 2001 | davef
1 Solder on gold fingers comes from: 1a About 70 % of the time it's caused by poor cleaning of screen printer, staging area (table), conveyor, reflow oven chain or belt, and keeping boards separate from cleaning process 1b After loading paste onto
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 | Mon May 15 14:42:27 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Hi Sal I've used the Stevens product for about 5 years and have nothing but good to say about them. pallets? can't say. The gloves simply extent the finger length by about 0.04" They come in 15" sticks so the length is up to you. Print/reflow contam
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 | Tue Jul 28 02:28:48 EDT 1998 | Bob Willis
The causes for solder on gold are: Paste wash offs Dirty stencils Dirty under stencil cleaning cloths/no solvent Poor handling The most common reason is wash offs when there is a couple of balls left on the tabs and they reflow. With correct profile
