Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 12 12:35:58 EST 2007 | realchunks
Several things to check. Are you reflowing towards higher temps for the no-lead parts? If so are you using a 63/37 paste? If so you are buring your flux off too early. Get a solder paste designed for lead free parts on a leaded baord. There are
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 05 15:21:03 EDT 2006 | RusH
We are having significant issues with lead free parts on leaded assemblies. Particularly grainy and non-wetted solder joints. Does anyone have any solutions.
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 25 16:27:46 EDT 2005 | stepheniii
It is not OK to use leadfree BGA's with a lead process. Other parts "should" be reverse compatable. But I first saw problems over 5 years ago with Paladium leads and a lead process. Don't confuse saying "it's ok to use lead free parts in a leaded p
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 26 10:40:43 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
Jimmy, We've been soldering tin plated components and Ni/Sn (100% Tin) boards with leaded solder in the 80's in hirel and military applications. We never experienced reliability issues with the mechanical or electrical properties of the solder joint
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 25 15:19:15 EDT 2005 | jimmyjames
Sorry this is such a long thread but I would like as much input as possible to everything I ramble on about... :) ------------------------------------------------------ We are now seeing more and more RoHS parts showing up in our SMT inventory and
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 06 18:05:57 EDT 2005 | Dave
lead free transition. want to use lead free parts w/ lead solder.. any issues I should be aware of???
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 09:53:36 EDT 2007 | ed_faranda
Yes, you can use lead-free parts in a leaded process. And the other is true as well, no-lead free parts in a leaded process. BUT, you should not use leaded parts through a non-lead wave solder process and of course, your board will not be RoSH.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 11:59:21 EDT 2007 | hussman
Phil is wrong. In the real world, we know that part mfgers have not changed every one of their parts to make them "high temp". They just changed the plating. Anyone who thinks otherwise, has never run a profile or touched a warm board coming out o
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 10:17:22 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Yes you can use no-lead parts in a leaded process. Your solder joints will be weaker than they once were unless you change your solder paste. You can try to improve this by running a hotter reflow temp, but be careful since your flux was not design
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 04:38:33 EDT 2007 | chrispy1963
I took a Lead Free troubleshooting Class at SMTA in Chicago last September taught by Phil Zarrow. He told us during that seminar that its not a good practice to cross contaminate Leaded and Lead Free components but IF it is necesary than using lead
