Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 22:52:43 EDT 2001 | davef
Most paste manufacturers talk about a 12 month shelf life for paste. They give the user half of that time. The remainder is used-up in processing and distribution. We'd give it a shot. You paste supplier should be able to give you a much clearer
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 03 18:01:39 EST 1999 | Dave F
Chris, Two points of perspective are: 1 Solderability: The shelf life of components has elapsed when they are no longer solderable. There's tons of variables that affect this, but keys are: * Intermetalics grow as a function of temperature. * Th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 11 11:14:14 EST 2002 | leedianeh
I am going to be using large numbers of silver immersion PCB's for assembly. I am concerned about long term storage ( shelf life )and handling prior to placement/assembly. The recommended 'shelf life' appears to be 6 months but obviously this will
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 15:56:40 EST 2002 | russ
For CYA reasons you made the right choice (I agree with Mark). But, for whatever it is worth I have used Loctite 383 up to 4 years past it's shelf life It worked fine for my application (wire tacking, FR4 bonding etc...). Have you ever seen a shelf
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 15 21:27:18 EST 2005 | davef
Component shelf life depends on: * Solderability protection type. * Quality of process and materials used in applying solderability protection. * Duration of time from when the solderability protection was applied. * Packaging used in component stor
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 18 13:26:49 EST 2005 | GS
Thanks Dan. Q. to all : any EMS experience like when your Customer audits your facility for manufacturing readiness and when they ask you: what about control of component vintage ? or how do you handle the component shelf life on your facility? etc
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 28 13:46:28 EST 2006 | slthomas
Assuming you're using DOM and shelf life to determine what's good and what's not, you just have to know 1)the rate at which you use it up, 2) how much shelf life is left, and 3) the rate that it goes bad when not refrigerated. From that you can tel
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 11:07:34 EDT 2008 | saaitk
Can anyone please help me out. I am having solderability issues on a 208 pin QFP. I believe that it may be due to the age of the component. The date code states week 50 of 2003 which is not all that far off 5 years. The component was vacuum sealed at
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 26 10:48:30 EDT 2009 | grahamcooper22
Some print expiry date on reels and some specify a shelf life on data sheets. Two main reasons are that the flux in the wire is a mix of chemicals and over time in storage these can react so soldering performance can be changed. Although I have to sa
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 21 15:45:35 EDT 2009 | boardhouse
Hi Ryan, Standard shelf life for FR4 Non-RoHs & Rohs material with HASL or Lead Free HASL would be 12 months + in a controlled environment. on all RoHs materials over 6 months, we would suggest your board shop run a solder ability test before ship
