Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 30 20:38:32 EST 2007 | davef
NASA Internal Advisory: NASA-Issued Return to Flight Wristbands Contaminated with Silicone [snip] 10. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Recently we have been made aware of a silicone problem associated with the "Return to Flight" wristbands. These wristbands are
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 31 14:07:24 EST 2007 | electronhose
Material, fumes, cured or uncured, all are suspect. Silicone gets on an operator's hands, that operator handles components ( even a day or more later ) silicone is transferred to the solder connections = contamination. Process and workcell control
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 16 11:03:35 EDT 2004 | davef
Your copper corrosion is not good. It indicates that you have not done a good job in cleaning. [We assume this is a medium green color, not unlike the color of the solder mask on your board, that is almost like a translucent lacquer; rather than th
Electronics Forum | Tue May 27 11:59:14 EDT 2003 | blnorman
Is anyone aware of any reports, studies, articles on the subject of silicon contamination in SnPb solder joints. We are evaluating repair of conformally coated (silicone) boards. The fear is that we will never totally remove the silicone and once i
Electronics Forum | Wed May 28 11:56:18 EDT 2003 | blnorman
Yes we are using "silicones", but to find this contaminant we were looking for "silicon" the element by SEM/EDS. We use Dow materials and my contact there is checking to see if they have any info.
Electronics Forum | Tue May 27 12:40:50 EDT 2003 | davef
Hi Bill You said, "silicon". We assume by your discussion that you ment to say, "silicone". For background on silicone and soldering, check with Dow Corning [517-496-6000]. They make a OS2 [VOC-free] silicone stripper and should be able to give y
Electronics Forum | Wed May 28 14:35:47 EDT 2003 | davef
Wow, you're very correct. I guess we use silicone to calibrate our machine, as follows: XPS spectral measurements of dimethyl silicone should include O(2s) at 25 eV, Si(2p) at 102 eV, Si(2s) at 153 eV, C(1s) at 285 eV, and O(1s) at 533 eV. The C(1s
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 08:12:22 EDT 2006 | marc
smt You should have no issue using your exsisting oven for both leaded and lead free materials if the machine is capable of delivering the desired profiles. One aspect that makes a "lead free" oven is the design of the system. Ability to reach th
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 10 07:22:48 EDT 2007 | davef
Q1. Is kapton tape an industry accepted way of protecting gold pads from solder splashes? A1. No. It is more accepted to resolve the reason behind the solder splats, so that the added labor and cost of taping is eliminated. Search the fine SMTnet Arc
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 10 03:51:49 EDT 2007 | vangogh
Hi All, We are producing PCBA with COB process. We are using kapton tape to protect the COB pads from solder splashes/stains. Questions: 1) Is kapton tape an industry accepted way of protecting gold pads from solder splashes? 2) What are the chance
