Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 27 18:16:42 EST 2001 | davef
I have never seen excess tin [heard of it, just never seen it]. Excess lead yes, but tin no. See, tin oxidizes faster than lead. This means that dross has a higher tin content than the solder in the pot. So, with a very high dross machine, we regul
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 07 23:40:41 EST 2008 | padawanlinuxero
I have been working on the SMT area for a while now, must of my experience is on programming and pick and place, now in my new job I have to control a complete SMT line and I have a little knowledge on working with solder paste but I like to read mor
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 31 19:17:43 EDT 2004 | russ
Now see Dave, now I have some good info on why it is "bad", This must be the lead enrichment I have heard about but never got any substantiated data or explanantion. I wonder how much weaker or less reliable these are. Is there any data that you k
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 01 12:50:47 EST 1999 | justin medernach
| Hello! SMT professionals, | | I do not know if anyone posted this question before. | Last week, I reflowed our newly designed thin Rigid-Flex pcb with 0.040" thickness. I found all of pins of a TQFP48 ic did not get wetted. I could see on the hee
Electronics Forum | Sun May 30 08:50:42 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Yes l know this problem keeps cropping up on the forum but l've missed some of the follow-ups. | | Our problem is that the lifting only occurs on 3% of production so actually detecting an improvement is difficult. We're actually having to inspect
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 04 11:42:07 EDT 2005 | Bob Leible
I was wondering if anyone has studied the effects of tin lead solder in the wave. If we leave the same solder in the solder pot, how many COMPLETE cool downs and start ups can the solder go through before it begins to break down? Please let me know
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 18 07:49:06 EDT 2008 | more_sunshine
hi i'm not experienced in creating pcbs but i have good background, and i have a bunch of questions. i have no access to world wide known pcb chemicals but i managed to get a cramolin positiv spray and i don't know if it is still usable or not? (di
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 21:02:20 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Hey there ya'll... I was reading the messages from Earl asking where he could upload some articles he wrote, and I was asked how one goes about putting a image in the messages here... Ya'll see down at the bottom where it says; "Optional Ima
Electronics Forum | Wed May 20 07:24:18 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| Hey there ya'll... | I was reading the messages from Earl asking where he could upload some articles he wrote, and I was asked how one goes about putting a image in the messages here... | Ya'll see down at the bottom where it says; "Option
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 14 15:46:35 EDT 2003 | dphilbrick
Although DaveF's answer was probably more applicable and there is some really good info on Tin Whiskers it doesn�t really answer the question either from what I saw. I suspect this will become a much larger issue as we all are weaned off of lead!
