Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 10:16:49 EDT 2006 | russ
Clean up!, check all conveyors for paste, the printer, oven. If you are splattering in the oven than you need a better profile or better paste, one of the two, maybe both. Hope was helpful Russ
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 20 05:04:30 EDT 2006 | bing007
We had a similar problem with gold contact pads. Cleanliness is paramount. If you are using foil tensioning system, wash the foil in a stencil wash before use as the cardboard cassettes may be contaminated. Be very careful when loading into a frame f
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 09:20:29 EST 2010 | jrr3434
Is there anyway to get solder off gold fingers besides replating them?
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 21:30:27 EDT 2001 | davef
The issue is on the table. Which is it? Are you ... * Loosing your gold plate when you remove the tape? [A tape test is a standard test for evaluating gold fingers. Check IPC-TM-650, test number wachacallit. Checkitaut.] OR * Putting tape o
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 13:45:25 EDT 2001 | gsmguru
Just a guess-- Could you be seeing the nickel under the gold plating because you are removing some of the Gold with the Kapton Tape ? This should be easy to verify. Otherwise it sounds like things are pretty much covered.
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 22:38:19 EDT 2001 | edylc
Hi , Could you be seeing the nickel under the gold plating because you are removing some of the Gold with the Kapton Tape....?? You mean , the adhesive properties of the kapton tape will cause the gold plating on the gold finger to be somehow peel of
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 16:16:17 EST 2010 | stepheniii
My old boss bought some stuff to clean the lead off of gold fingers. At least that is what he thought it did. What it really did was remove the gold fingers. And quite well I might add. The short answer to your question is no. And if you replate mak
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 12:37:35 EDT 2001 | edylc
>>> gold finger was covered by a Kapton tape and it was done offline away from the Screen printer or rather from the SMT lines itself, we are using an ENIG Pcb's , the process doesnt need a wave soldering ....however at the final end of the line ,
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 16 09:29:23 EDT 2001 | thrasher7
How do you handle wipe-downs at screen print? This is often a culprit. Just a thought..
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 14:18:21 EST 2010 | davef
Search the fine SMTnet Archives to find threads like: * http://www.smtnet.com/Forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=5127 * http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=9250
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