Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 27 15:33:37 EST 2003 | James
We need to use water-soluble paste due to cleanliness requirements. No-clean does not mean No-contamination. I have talked to a lot of people who use no-clean and they still wash their boards except now they have to use chemicals to do it. So, you
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 20 05:04:30 EDT 2006 | bing007
We had a similar problem with gold contact pads. Cleanliness is paramount. If you are using foil tensioning system, wash the foil in a stencil wash before use as the cardboard cassettes may be contaminated. Be very careful when loading into a frame f
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 26 18:54:56 EDT 2008 | swag
Thanks for the replies. Our customer has shifted toward allowing us to prove that our current cleaning process can provide a product that meets their cleanliness requirements using our current paste/wire/flux products. (This is just a pilot build f
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 06 22:52:16 EST 1998 | Scott McKee
| I will be starting a conformal coating process soon, I am looking for any pointers on | 1) Best method for masking components, tape mask, liqued mask Masking tape or rubber caps will work, the ligued mask is too hard to remove. | 2) Which is best
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 20 20:11:58 EDT 2004 | davef
First, how oxidized are these solder balls? Will the take solder using your routine flux / paste? Second, on restoring solderability, the three basic methods you can use to restore solderability on components are: * Highly active fluxes in a retinn
Electronics Forum | Mon May 10 20:46:25 EDT 2004 | davef
The three basic methods you can use to restore solderability on components are: * Highly active fluxes in a retinning operation. * Surface stripping chemistry and then a standard retinning operation. * Electrochemical conversion chemistry and then a
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 22 16:30:50 EDT 2013 | joeherz
Dear Lord, We have had similar challenges with customer requirements related to ionic testing. You have determined that you cannot get a reliable result from testing at the stage where the adhesive has been applied. That option is out. Assuming
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 02 07:23:04 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
To you all for comment and summary, The following things I like without endorsing (PCB/PCBA stuff - outside the great women in my life [many] and without [mostly]): 1) A good set of design rules 2) A good set of design rules meeting producibility r
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 21:45:11 EST 1998 | Dave F
Graham: I agree. Very thorny. What is clean?? And how is that controlled?? Back 25 or so years ago, soldering was done with high solids rosin fluxes. The issue with cleanliness was ionic contamination. The US military and others set a fairly a
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 15:06:05 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Guys & Gals, | | I am at present instigating a formal method of recording and tracking any "process" trials that we may wish to run, such as a new paste, different packaged device etc; | | I started with a simple form.....too simple, but now I th
