Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 07 15:50:57 EDT 2010 | boardhouse
Craig & Rem - I would also recomend switching to ENig - OSP would be my sencond choise ENig will give you the flatness your looking for plus the best shelf life. Enig is about 5% more than Hot Air. Enig also does not cause as much stress on the c
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 07 08:13:52 EDT 2010 | remullis
I just swapped from the HASL to Immersion Silver mainly because the board house we use could not maintain consistency in keeping the pads level. I was constantly battling bumps and bad finishes on the pads. They are able to give me a consistent board
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 24 10:08:36 EST 2007 | electronhose
Immersion Silver, ImAg, is becoming the finish of preference. This is due to it having similar process limits vs. SnPb HASL. There were some early concerns about shelf life, but new chemistries have extended finish shelf life to 12 months+. Many boar
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 05 07:02:11 EST 2007 | CL
ASIR, Findings for us so far: OSP- has worked well for us for single sided boards only. We have seen problems with using it on double sided reflow applications. Also, some customers have specified OSP, but are intolerant of exposed copper. Limited
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 09 11:57:11 EDT 2005 | Board House
Hi Ted, I am a Sales Manager for a Circuit board Manufacture in MN. We have seen the Majority of our Customer base switch to Enig do to shelf life issues of silver and Tin. Silver, Tin & OSP all have a shelf life between 6 - 8 Mos. Enig is betwee
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 02 12:37:16 EST 2007 | Derek W
We've had the same issues with silver. We also ran into shelf life issues but that's specific to our business. We've moved to ENIG with good success, our board vendors were also very happy to move away from silver though I'm not sure why. As long as
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 24 11:27:54 EST 2007 | bradlanger
We have been using SN100C lead free hasl for over a year now with good success. It is very solderable and has good shelf life. You do have to make sure the finish gets applied to the correct thickness. If the lead free hasl finish is not applied thic
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 05 03:44:53 EDT 2004 | johnwnz
Dave, I'm going to disagree with you on the ENIG, it's my 3rd choice only just beating out OSP for that 4th spot. 1. Immersion Silver - cheaper than ENIG, as flat and no issues with Brittle interface (black pad) or Gold Embrittlement) Longer shelf l
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 07 12:36:08 EDT 2002 | jseagle
What is the recommended board finish for 0402s? Is HASL good enough or is Ni/Au better? Thanks
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 10 22:14:49 EDT 2002 | davef
While they're '50 pitch', you need to think of 0402 as fine pitch parts. So, ENIG, imm silver, and imm tin finishes and probably OSP would be good choices. Stay away from HASL.
