Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 27 21:05:48 EDT 2001 | davef
BGA Cycle 1: solder ball attach. BGA Cycle 2: BGA attach to board. BGA Cycle 3: BGA removal from board. BGA Cycle 4: BGA pad dress. BGA Cycle 5: BGA ball replacement. BGA Cycle 6: BGA re-attach to board. Board Cycle 1: BGA attach to board. Boar
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 03 21:17:07 EST 2000 | Dave F
AF: Unfortunately, there is no "acceptable number of cycles" either in air-to-air and one liquid-liquid thermocycling, nor interconnect stress testing. There can be a "minimum threshold" that would assure no failures as the result of the assembly p
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 08:00:26 EST 2005 | jax
What you are most likely dealing with: Insufficient Pure Sn layer ( multiple causes ) Because elevated temperatures accelerate the diffusion process, the thickness of the Pure Sn layer will reduce during every thermal cycle... ( bakeing PCBs, S
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 11 10:00:05 EDT 2003 | davef
Component manufacturers recommend limits on the power and period of ultrasonic cleaning. Examples are: * PRECAUTIONS AND GUIDELINES MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITORS: (9) Ultrasonic cleaning time shall be ten minutes maximum. When the power of ultrasoni
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 05 20:34:03 EST 2001 | davef
What�s the problem? There area many heat related failure mechanisms in bare boards. You can damage boards with heat several ways. A couple favorites [Don�t try this at home. Perform on a closed track by professional solders only.] are: * Put a
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 01 22:58:31 EST 2006 | davef
Durastone is commonly used in flooring. Durostone is a proprietary product of R�chling Permali Composites SA [be aware this is a French company] that many use for reflow and SMT process pallets. Suppliers are: * R�chling Permali Composites SA; Canog
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 11 12:49:11 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| | | | | | Can anyone tell me the formula/method to determine | | | | | | the amount of weight that solder's surface tension can support. | | | | | | (ie: Maximum weight of components soldered onto a bottom side | | | | | | of a board during a top s
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 05:09:13 EDT 1999 | Brian
| | | | | | | Can anyone tell me the formula/method to determine | | | | | | | the amount of weight that solder's surface tension can support. | | | | | | | (ie: Maximum weight of components soldered onto a bottom side | | | | | | | of a board during
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 21:46:56 EST 2000 | Dave F
Reg: This is copy / paste from draft version of IPC 7095 ( issued May 1999 ) ... 7.3 Assembly accept/reject criteria 7.3.1 Voids in solder joint a. Sources of Voids There can be voids in solder balls, or at the solder joints to the BGA, or at the so
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 14:21:13 EST 2004 | James Dornan of APE Inc
A little late but if this subject is still of interest the following paper from APE may be of interestwhen considering IR to Air Bath: HOT AIR versus IR and other convection Rework Systems HOT AIR is the most popularly chosen method of rework in th
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