Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 09 05:39:43 EDT 1999 | Jacqueline Coia
Could anyone please tell me if the now redundant 'Probimer 52' PCB soldermask has an alternative being used which has the same look and properties as Probimer 52, without being as harmful. If so could you tell me where to find details on this new ma
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 06 07:24:22 EST 2006 | davef
Successful solder paste overprint is a function of the solder paste rheology, solder mask and through hole component stand off. * Solder mask with a high surface energy will permit a larger overprint than a solder mask with a lower surface energy. In
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 02:15:26 EST 2006 | pavel_murtishev
Good morning Dave, Here are some of my assumptions. Please correct me if I am wrong. 1. Mask opening. Due to mask to PCB misregistration mask is not always centered relative to pad center how is should be. Sometimes edge of the mask matches with ed
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 02 17:45:46 EST 1998 | ChrisK
In my experience, solder balls are normally caused by only a few things. In order of likelyhood: 1) Water based fluxes (VOC-Free)not having the water carrier completely dried from the board before going into the solder. I.E, too fast conveyor spee
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 16:20:35 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
After analyzing the pictures I don't think the solder balls are caused by the solder mask. If the problem would be solder mask related the solder balls would only show up on the solder mask but there are also solder balls on the plastic tabs. To me i
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 14 08:15:18 EDT 2004 | arcandspark
We have tried other stencils with different size openings but this company will not allow us time or money to run any experiments to define stencil criteria and printer settings, its just run, run, run. They really dont care about post reflow yields.
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 14 11:08:19 EST 1999 | John Thorup
I think you're on the right track Paul. You didn't mention what type of solder mask was used but I'll presume that it was LPI (liquid photo imagable). If development of the image is incomplete some mask can remain where it is unwanted. Sometimes im
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 16:20:51 EDT 2008 | hussman
Poor training. Don't blame the operator, he was either shown this or left to his own devices. Be the better man and provide him a better process. Regular old peelabale solder mask would be a start.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 22:39:03 EST 2006 | davef
Pavel Point: You suspect that solder paste can easily get to solder mask causing beading, because the aperture is larger than the component pad. Comment: Probably, this is incorrect. We overprint on solder mask all day long when doing paste-in-hol
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 14:00:55 EST 2002 | global
We have had some discussions about what causes parts to lift out of the holes when going over the wave on our flow solder machine. The machine being used is a Treiber (700 series). There are two bottom pre-heaters and one top pre-heater. We try to pr
