Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 01 17:38:24 EDT 2003 | jartman
I've faced this several times in the past, and the only real solution is to wirebond before SMT assembly. Everything leaves a residue, and trying to clean a residue off later is basically hopeless. This may require some trickery in your SMT process
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 25 13:51:07 EST 1999 | Parvez PAtel
Steve i agree with u. we use kapton tapes for test puproses at our facility and they do not interfere with the printing results. Infact we sometimes use it to mask off unwanted apertures on stencil underside. But could their applcation affect the gol
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 12:29:59 EDT 1998 | Richard Jackson
| Richard, | You may be encountering solder paste contamination | on the assembly during the printing process. Solder | will reflow on tin/lead plated lands therefore invisible. | If you are washing the assembly prior to inspection | then you are
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 01 15:52:03 EDT 2017 | wyluliwolf
Long story short: I paid someone to convert some older Gerber files to the new RS-274x format for me so I could have them manufactured. I sent them the original Gerber files (RS-274D) along with additional files showing information on the layout. T
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 21:30:27 EDT 2001 | davef
The issue is on the table. Which is it? Are you ... * Loosing your gold plate when you remove the tape? [A tape test is a standard test for evaluating gold fingers. Check IPC-TM-650, test number wachacallit. Checkitaut.] OR * Putting tape o
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 | 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 | Wed Feb 03 23:40:26 EST 1999 | Chris G.
| Does anyone know if I will have problems soldering surface mount components to an all hard gold plated PC board. We want to use hard gold similar to gold used for edge fingers because our customer is concerned about wear and conductivity of connect
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 20 16:54:28 EST 2000 | ronh
Question: How many insertion/removal cycles can be expected of gold finger contacts? Problem: We manufacture a class 2 PCBA with gold finger contacts whose application will require repeated insertion and removal into card edge connectors (mother b