Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 18 21:11:03 EDT 2004 | Thomas
Hi all, Need some advice on wavesolder pinholes issues. The PCBs are stored in a warehouse for 6 months and not vacuum packed. Before wavesodlering, boards are baked 2 hrs at 110 deg. But every piece of it has pinholes at random locations. PCB i
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 18 21:15:05 EDT 2004 | Thomas
Hi all, Need some advice on wavesolder pinholes issues. The PCBs are stored in a warehouse for 6 months and not vacuum packed. Before wavesodlering, boards are baked 2 hrs at 110 deg. But every piece of it has pinholes at random locations. PCB i
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 31 23:17:48 EDT 2004 | Bryan Sherh
Hi,Please 1.X-ray your board where you found pinholes.perhaps you'll found much voids in your joints,but not only the pinhole.this must be caused by the poor solderability of PCB mostly...or components. 2.Cross-section the pin hole or void in the joi
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 21 08:01:16 EDT 2004 | John
It is a solderability probems with components or pcb's
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 21 01:57:48 EDT 2004 | Thomas
Hi, It is in Celcius. Baking at 2hrs at 110�C , did not help. The problem is consistent and happens at random locations. Fresh flux and new foaming tank has not done the trick also. But I am looking into the contamination issue under scope.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 21 13:18:19 EDT 2004 | patrickbruneel
Thomas, The first thing I would suggest you to do is identify the type of problem your dealing with �pinhole� or �blowhole� before you can take the appropriate action to correct the problem. A pinhole is a void or cavity caused by non-wettable part
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 25 22:03:31 EDT 2004 | Thomas
Thanks to all you guys for the advice. I will take your suggestions and work it out. THis is a great site to visit when you are lost in finding a direction. Ha !! Take care guys !!
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 19 21:33:26 EDT 2004 | davef
Are you talking about small 'volcanos' that burst through PTH solder connections? If so, you have moisture outgassing through the PTH barrels: * Plating on the hole of your bare board is too thin. It should be greater than 1 thou [25um]. * Your bak
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 20 16:55:21 EDT 2004 | vwhipple@sono-tek.com
Pin Holes can be caused by many things. Does the problem come and go?? If so, see if there is a correlation to lot numbers on the boards or vendor. This could indicate a supplier issue.. possibly with the mask. Look at your soldered assemblies und
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 05:14:40 EDT 2004 | greg york
Hi Thomas Ever considered that this maybe HASL flux left on PCB as this is extremely hygroscopic and has heat transfer fluids that cannot be baked out unless you go to a temperature of around 600C. One way of testing is to leave iron tip on joint an
