Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 11 09:47:53 EST 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Perhaps a photo of the faults you are encountering might shed some light on the issue. I would think it would take some extremely poor paste handling or paste for the paste itself to be the root cause of what you seem to be describing. I would be inc
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 11 09:01:54 EST 2014 | emeto
You should get your paste in ice(dry ice). Then you should keep it in a fridge. Many pastes now have 1month shelf life(after you take it out of the fridge). If you follow all the above, you might be having: 1. Lot problem - try different lots of you
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 10 16:59:57 EST 2014 | hegemon
It is sort of a self answering question if you come in from the solder paste angle. First....start gathering data. Check every day, or every new paste jar, for: Storage conditions (temp), paste expiration date, ambient temp and humidity where yo
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 11 09:41:30 EDT 2001 | davef
The fine "quality folk" that are laying this reasonable requirement, but are unreasonable in their attitude and approach. They should be sitting down with you and explaining: * Why the requirement is reasonable and necessary. * What are the acceptab
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 11 18:12:55 EDT 2023 | alexv
I don't think it's a stencil issue. You have an identical inductor next to t=it, that's perfectly straight. You have a problem in that location. I've seen some inductors be affected by slight magnetic forces in the reflow oven. Try to rotate the boar
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 15 16:50:04 EDT 2005 | davef
Few of us here on SMTnet fabricate our bare boards. Most of us are assemblers. So, the solderability of the connections of our boards is a BIG issue with us. Our suppliers protect the solderability of the copper by coating the copper to limit the
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 05 17:10:29 EDT 2007 | arun2382
Thanks all! I'm facing this issue with one specific batch of QFNs. It could be a plating issue. But, nothing was evident from visual inspection,No sign of voiding or non-wetting. Cross-section images of solder joints were clean as well. Could this s
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 30 15:37:04 EDT 2018 | davef
What if you were this guy [PeteC] and you knew this batch of boards had some goofball issue that messed with product quality, increased rework and all that AND you still had to run them? I've had to eat from the pie before. I'll bet you have also.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 24 12:24:35 EDT 2018 | davef
Could be ... Consider this: The LED and the BIG pad reflowed before the small pad. The superior force of the solder on the BIG pad pulled the LED over and the LED took the solder on the little pad along with it. Try this: Print paste on a board. No
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 11 05:29:31 EDT 2007 | johnz
We are having a problem with JST connector ICM-MA50H-SS52-1161 LF SN. After reflow oven soldering we have mostly problem with soldering quality for firs or last leg of the connector. (There is no connection- leg just lays-lift on the solder no wicki
