Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 18 10:29:21 EDT 2012 | davef
Sorry. I don't see any solder balls. To me, it looks like the solder wetted the pad and then pulled back. It's called dewetting. It's a defect. Ask your supplier for a SEM analysis. I'm interested to know what he / she says.
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 21 14:14:11 EST 2007 | rgduval
Hi, Bill, Lead-free solder and paste manufacturers will be a great resource for you during the transition; they've tested their products extensively, and their application groups have been able to help me through the biggest changes. There are a fe
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 10:51:09 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
D. Hillman, et al., �The Impact of Reflowing a Pb free Solder Alloy Using a Tin/Lead Solder Alloy Reflow Profile on Solder Joint Integrity,� International Conference on Lead-free Soldering, CMAP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 24-26, 2005, http://www.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 07:20:21 EST 2010 | piter
HI I used both of solder leveling HASL and ENIG, HASL I can recommended for biger pitch is cheaper solder leveling than ENIG but problem with that solder leveling is during the reflow process HASL isn't flat and during reflow process component move
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 06 12:11:34 EDT 2007 | james
We are starting to see issues with using Kester WS R562 with lead free components. The joints look grainy on almost all of the 0402'2 and other small components. Some of the solder does not solder to the terminations. These are hybrid boards which
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 01 06:59:02 EDT 2005 | Joseph
Dear all, We observed visible micro crack at top side of solder fillet during lead free wave solder process. We did not see any visible micro crack at bottom side, and it always located at joints of transformer. Any input be much appreciated. Best
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 05:38:42 EDT 2008 | meritajs
Hello Could somebody inform us about real consumption of lead free solder alloy SN100C on your wave solder process. We do not use some antiaxidant and had had alloy consumption about 1 kg per hour. What is your experiance? All sugestion will be well
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 11 19:46:34 EDT 2009 | padawanlinuxero
Guys I have a question since the ever present problem with the crack switch we had to change to a low temp lead free solder paste in these case eutectic 58Bi/42Sn and 57Bi/42Sn/1Ag alloys, now the main question whats diferent between these one and th
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 19 10:38:58 EDT 2012 | mark25y2001
It's both solderpaste or PCB pad problem... 1st it's possible that your PCB exposure problem or old stocks, remedy? try to bake your PWB. 2nd, it's possible that PWB coating (wax) are more ticked so that solder paste flux are cannot penetrate to clea
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 19 09:58:14 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | | we've received an inquiry if lead free solder for solder dips or surface mounting (cream solder) is available on a technical scale | Dr. Weber I'm not sure what you mean by "on a technical scale" but various no lead alloys are available in
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