Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 07 08:45:07 EDT 2002 | davef
Peter Roth of Bosch kindly translated from German a University of Stuttgart presentation on the environmental cost of lead free solders. (Thanks, Peter). The original authors approved this translation. Brian Ellis placed the translated document at h
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 21 03:52:38 EDT 2002 | Ben
I'm doing lead-free SMT of BGA with 450 micron ball. I found there are lots of voids under xray, there are around 2-3 voids in every balls. It is around 10% of volume ratio. I would like to ask if anyone know there is any standard of acceptable maxim
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 03 18:34:22 EDT 2003 | Kris
Hi, There have been other studies where it was found that lead-free soloder joints are more reliable than tin-lead solder joints irrespective of test conditions. In fact the automotive industry has been using Sn/Ag for underhood applications for a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 05 06:03:49 EDT 2003 | iman
Japan and Europe are the main champions for the leadfee solder initiative. USA join in due to global political efforts as one of the cub scout leaderships. Military and Automobile industrial-electronics is exempt from the leadfree directive. Reason
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 11 10:24:23 EDT 2003 | kris
Hi, The percentage of lead (0.1% or otherwise) is still being debated in the EU where the legislation is in place. The industry is pushing for a 0.2% limit,(if lead-free has to be) as it is considered a limit where solder can be recycled economical
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 08 20:14:50 EDT 2003 | davef
YiEngr, MA/NY DDave: Please excuse the coarse language ... horse patoey!!! Companies been building reliable products with no-lead components and Sn/Pb solder for years. For example, TI has been shipping parts with leads whose solderability is prote
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 23 12:50:49 EDT 2003 | russ
There are coatings available for Stainless that will greatly retard the solder from wetting to/eating the metal. This may be a cheaper route to go than Using all Titanium. The coating is melonite QPQ (quench-polish-quench)I really don't have any mo
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 15:41:12 EDT 2003 | gdstanton
To further clarify my question. I'm dealing with mixed solder technologies on a single assembly and am curious how the rest of you guys handle this. Do you use lead based reflow profiles or revert to lead free based profiles? If you haven't seen t
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 07 16:52:49 EDT 2003 | craigj
We've been doing it for quite a while on some parts but are noticing that as more manufacturers are going lead free we are starting to see some issues. Particularily with pure tin on nickel. Have found that need to increase oven reflow temp and time
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 22:14:34 EDT 2003 | davef
You need a nylon with a heat deflection temperature [heat distortion temperature] - 0.45MPa ( C ) similar to your reflow peak. The HDT of the nylon in your connector is probably ~200*C. For more, look here http://www.tycoelectronics.com/environment
