Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 12 12:05:35 EDT 2002 | russ
I use Paste for high temp balls and/or co-planarity/warpage issues. normally I only use paste flux for ball attachment. One down side to paste application is registration and volume anomalies with those little micro-stencils (for me anyway). Your
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 21 16:23:05 EST 2009 | davef
Patrick I can only agree with you about low residue (alcohol based) fluxes, providing you apply the amount specified by the supplier. Amounts in excess of the specified amount can have harmful effects.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 23 14:19:56 EST 2003 | Mike Konrad
Hi Randy, No-clean flux needs to be activated in order to burn off the volatiles in the flux. This normally occurs partly during preheat and certainly during the reflow or soldering process. In most hand soldering applications, an operator applies
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 20 17:42:45 EST 2003 | jonfox
Double check the data sheets for your paste. Just as an example, ou Indium paste has a recommendation for the Heating, Liquidus, and Cooling stagees of reflow. They recommend a linear ramp up of 0.5 to 1.0 degree C. In the Liquidus stage, a peak t
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 29 08:44:57 EDT 2016 | jrrt_williams
As an OEM repiar tech I would run into "Black Pad" on occasion, though mostly on surface mount pads. The only way I could remove the oxidation was to apply water soluble flux and add solder, then wick away the excess. This left me with a suitable s
Electronics Forum | Mon May 20 10:32:19 EDT 2002 | Hussman69
I actually built a dual tank fluxer for my Econo-Pak once to handle the same thing. Not all that difficult if you're mechanically inclined. BUT, for your application I'd recommend just hand spraying the 1 to 4 boards a month with any flux they reco
Electronics Forum | Mon May 16 18:03:30 EDT 2005 | davef
Key Issue: Will this machine solder your boards? You never know until you solder one. Any other avenues of analysis involve substantial risk. Flux Selection * High or low solids * VOC or VOC-free Solder Alloy * If using lead-free, avoid stainles
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 30 18:08:59 EST 1998 | Dave F
| I finally got my problem figured out on the bridging, the | only thing I'm finding is that I notice some litlte solder balls on the bottom of the board. Is that normal? Is that why I'm getting bridges? Has anyone came across this problem and pass t
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 27 16:11:38 EDT 2001 | flipchip
Monkey, I have read all the replies you received. I have extensive experience in reworking these parts. There are several ways to approach your problem. If the chips are bumped you will need to have a stencil to apply the flux. If the chips are u
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 08 19:08:52 EST 2000 | Mike Konrad
I do not know which specific flux you are using, but here are some general guidelines. If your wave soldering machine uses a foam fluxer, then there are foaming agents in the flux. Under �normal� conditions, the volatiles (including the foaming age
