Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 03 18:10:28 EDT 2004 | g2garyg2
It sounds like you will need to pre-heat the aluminum beofre using even a laser to solder this type of application. While lasers are great for many applications, especially those that have challenging keep out areas, thermal mass issues (with approp
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 13 19:59:48 EDT 2004 | Hi CJ.
Don't be discouraged about the Zephyrtronics Air Baths from Chris' comments. I'm sure he means well, but I've seen these units being used by people who swear by them. You might also look at the APE preheating units and the Zephyrtronics...but you sh
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 27 03:50:51 EDT 2005 | aj
Crishan, I am not familiar with the machine you mentioned. Do you use selective solder pallets through a wave process or is the machine a selective soldering machine (ie. where the board is moved to the solder fountain) No matter what the process
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 11 08:56:20 EDT 2005 | pjc
Some causes of lack of top side fillets (hole fill) are: 1. Not enough pre-heat (a top side preheat will help, if no-clean flux, be sure to follow flux mfrs specification for top side board temp just before hitting wave) 2. Not enough flux 3. Flux i
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 11 13:09:11 EDT 2005 | bman
In addition to Pete's fine tips, here's one we have successfully used in similar situations as long as you're using OA flux. Get some kind of pump action spray bottle (like hair spray comes in) and fill is with some of your wave flux. Use the bottl
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 20:51:16 EST 2005 | cangly
Morning Mike, We use Pb63/Sn37, Alpha Metal alloy. Solder pot is at 250 C. The profile of board after Preheat about 100 C, Lambda Wave about 220C (use both Lambda and Chip wave), DWell time 2.1s ~ 3s. Conveyor speed 1.5 in/min. We run by bare board a
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 09 19:09:45 EST 2006 | Mike
Basically the same exact way as a much smaller board. The only difference is the profile. Most of our boards are 0.063" thick. Looks like you found your problem. If the edges of the board are cold relative to the rework site (high difference in t
Electronics Forum | Tue May 30 10:03:04 EDT 2006 | jbrower
Howdy Marc, Check with your flux vendor, they should have a data sheet with what you need. Baring a wave rider or other profiler, I use a laser thermometer (They're cheap.)and It gets me close to where I need to be on our assemblies. I usually chec
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 06 03:03:56 EDT 2006 | ronalds
Thank you all for your input. The MF300S Multicore flux is rated for lead free. There is not much dross or contamination. We are using nitrogen. I've tested the boards with the curing test of IPC-TM-650. I think you're all right about the preheat.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 28 14:11:19 EDT 2007 | pjc
It should only be a visual thing. What may be happening is that all the thermal energy being driven into the wave solder pallet to get good soldering is causing the no-clean residues to burn up a bit, causing the discoloring. Check to see if they hav
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