Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 07 14:40:31 EDT 1999 | Carol Zhang
I have a board, 4 spacers needed to be soldered on the board first with the normal 62Sn37Pb alloy. Then, capacitors are manually soldered on the boards. The density of the board is quite high. If we wave soldered capacitors first, there will be no p
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 26 00:30:36 EST 2003 | Indy
hi, I wondering if anyone have any information on intermetallic growth in 80Au20Sn solder alloy. I have read that it has high reliability. Which bring an important question to my mind. What about Gold embrittlement ? Bye Indy
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 19 15:01:03 EDT 2011 | rdoss
Not sure who you've already looked at, but i know Alpha Metals has preforms.
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 21 15:04:00 EDT 2011 | smt_guy
Indium Corpo of America is selling preforms..
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 22 10:51:49 EDT 2011 | blnorman
Kester sells preforms.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 29 09:42:27 EDT 2011 | andrzej
Thank you all for feedback
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 18 12:25:46 EST 2013 | tombstonesmt
The risk is that your chemistry will be off.. Don't do it..
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 18 15:34:51 EST 2013 | ccouture
if your solder wave machine has a removable solder pot, consider getting a second solder pot. So you will start with a brand new empty solder pot. Keep the current one with your current solder as a backup.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 30 21:14:22 EST 2003 | davef
You're thinking correctly. 80Au20Sn is incompatible with: * Sn/Pb * In/Sn * Sn/Pb/In * Sn/Pb/Bi Contact your solder supplier to obtain pictures of IMC.
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 18 06:48:39 EDT 2011 | AM
Hello, I look for manufacturers of solder preforms. Found one but seems too expensive and I wonder if are there any more manufacurers of similar product ? Regardas, AM