Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 16 19:41:46 EDT 2020 | emeto
Voids form mainly two ways. 1. Contamination - due PCB pads/part leads oxidation, wetting on the pad is bad forming void(these are usually borders with SMT pad - peripheral) 2. Process formed. These are in the center of the solder joint - could n
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 30 07:41:06 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Hi, | We have encountered de-wetting issues with gold plated components( SMT LEDs ). | The problem comes and go and we yet to locate the root cause ( process, component or solder paste etc ). | The rest of the components on the boards are not havi
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 03 07:19:39 EST 2000 | Hany A. Salam
Hello there: Could anyone help: 1- In a double wave wave solder M/C, is possible to completely eliminate the second wave without affecting the quality of the solder joints? 2-From a quality control prespective, what is the minimum accepted length of
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 15 05:19:14 EDT 2001 | hardy boy
Hi, I have a fine pitch QFP (TQFP100) and after reflow soldering, i got less solder ( not enough fillet) on the toe area but have good fillet at the heel. Does this mean that I have a weak solder joint or is my process not too good ? What is importa
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 07 03:03:12 EDT 2004 | Frederic
I have a question about solder paste. When the solder paste lost her tackines (dry out) how can i refresh this solder paste?. Can i add a little flux? or it is ban. I noticed that after reflow solder joints look shiny but i can see some discolour (f
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 19 12:23:49 EST 2005 | Amol Kane
there are no issues with running leaded lead free parts with snpb solder. the problem arises when lead-free BGAs are run with SnPb solder. running hotter (i.e mimicing the SAC reflow profile)merely ensures that the sac solder melts and mixes with the
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 10:13:31 EDT 2007 | stockley
Lozie We built our own soldering robot using pace soldering irons but we have considered a Apollo Seiko bot for a different facility. I'm curious to know what kind of life you get out of those Apollo Seiko irons with lead-free solder. How many solde
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 15:15:17 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
I have a tendency to agree with CK Experience and accomplishments in wave soldering are more valuable then the degree. Remember wave soldering is not taught in school although it is a vital process in the electronics assembly. The quality and relia
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 31 08:11:51 EDT 2009 | davef
Solder ball formation can be a significant problem if the balls get trapped in the smaller spaces between ceramic chip carriers and substrates or possibly between the leads of small pitch leaded ICs. The solder balls also reduce the solder volume ava
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 02 06:22:34 EDT 2010 | sachu_70
Good. This is the right way to profile. Let me ask you, have you anytime soldered QFN componets on your boards? The concept of LGA soldering is similar to that used for a QFN package. QFN soldering also exhibits void formations, and is an inherent pr
