Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 10 17:12:18 EDT 2022 | yannick_herzog
Hello, we use an oven to dry our MSL components after the floor lifes expires. The oven works at 40°C / 0.1% RH. The plan is to upgrade the oven from 40°C to 60°C to shorten the duration of the process. I have found a number of articles mentioning
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 12 20:24:26 EDT 2022 | stephendo
I'll answer the easy part. If you put low temperature trays in the oven at 120C, they will warp and partially melt. I have seen it more often with reels of LEDs. Someone is told to bake them before use so the put them in the batch oven and the next
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 13 14:10:13 EDT 2022 | emeto
You can have a dry cabinet with or without heater. They use desiccants to take the humidity out from the parts. As you can imagine it will be a lengthy process. The ones with heater can do 40C, which will be preferred for plastic and paper tapes. I w
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 15 19:32:51 EDT 2022 | totech
I would like to Add that Mitch is very knowledgeable on this subject, I believe since 2008 this has been a topic of his .. different of low temp baking 40c 50c 60c vs 90c or 125c I do have some totech independent evaluation on the subject if you lik
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 15 17:44:15 EDT 2022 | decaire
I agree with Evtimov that sticking with the J-Std-033 is preferable to creating your own procedure at a different temp, especially if you need to pass an audit since the auditors will compare your process to the J-Std. My understanding is that oxida
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 07:27:21 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Floor life of a PCB is rated in years. Are you asking about the solder paste or something else?
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 03:19:30 EDT 2008 | jkhiew
Hi all, Can anyone advise me what is the recommended floor life for pcb assembly prior to wave soldering before drying/degassing ? Thks Joseph
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 17:28:46 EDT 2008 | davef
The need to prebake boards to remove moisture from the board [to prevent voiding] prior to wave soldering is driven by the thickness of through hole plating. * 1 thou [25um] or greater requires no prebaking * LT 1 thou [25um] requires prebaking
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 25 04:44:56 EDT 2008 | jkhiew
Hi all, I mean after post adhesive oven curing (SMD at bottom side) prior to manual insert of PTH components (top side), what is the recommended storage time prior to wave soldering in order to avoid pin/blow holes and sunken joints issues (pcb asse
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 19:00:39 EDT 2008 | stevek
It depends on the laminate but a PWB is like any other MSL component. Some fab shops are only waranting standard FR4 laminates for 45-60 days when processed at lead free temperatures. The best thing I can say is to try some weight gain/loss experim
