Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 11 08:51:45 EST 2000 | HMAL
Dear Masdi, Perhaps you should check again your screen print process. Small amounts of solder paste under stencil can cause your problems. This paste is from previous printed pcb. When printing next pcb this paste attachs to places that it doesn't
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 11 09:48:56 EST 2000 | Christopher Lampron
Dear Masdi, Solder beading (as opposed to solder balls) is usually caused by volume of solder paste, displacement of solder paste when component is placed and sometimes the proximity of the solder depositions for that component. Basically, a small a
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 16 09:19:22 EST 2000 | MARK ALDER
Please check Circuit Assembly March 1998, article "Solder balls and aperture shapes" and August 1999 "Guiding stencil design". They can be contacted at www.circuitassembly.com The main cause of mid chip solder balls is the volume of paste that is p
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 15 08:25:08 EST 2007 | rgduval
I do think that the designer goofed, and used too large vias. I believe he only used on size via on the entire board, regardless of whether it was in a pad, or out on the board. I have seen vias in pad work, though. From a manufacturing standpoint
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 24 23:52:41 EDT 1998 | Phillip Hunter
| Has anyone seen a problem with solder under chip components, in-between the glue and the component or in-between the mask and the component? We seen both. | What could be causing this? This has only been detected on one of our products. All the re
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 12 17:22:47 EDT 2002 | davef
First, splitting hairs on parlance. * Conformal Coating. A thin electrically nonconductive protective coating that conforms to the configuration of the covered assembly to provide environmental and mechanical protection. * Solder Mask. Coating mate
Electronics Forum | Fri May 17 14:12:17 EDT 2002 | dason_c
Not now, Valor may under develop the module for its Trilogy 5000 with the stencil aperture based on the rules which you set. Also, check with IRI stencil (Alpha), they have a s/w and based on using ODB++ file and not Gerber. Rgds.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 09 10:58:30 EST 2003 | soupatech
Thanks for the input.... I ordered a 5 mil stencil AND used more tooling under the board. This gave me a much smaller deposit of solder. I wouldn't swear that was my problem but 96 boards later the problem is 99% gone. I believe there was just too mu
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 13 19:35:11 EDT 1998 | Mike Konrad
Aqueous Technologies manufacturers a "no-frills" stencil cleaning system. The Model designed to handle stencils up to 24" x 24" is available for under $ 10K. This system is, however, not ultrasonic, rather spray-in-air. If you desire information, c
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 09 13:53:45 EDT 2018 | dleeper
I've never placed one of these before, but it looks like a poorly designed part. It has pads scattered asymmetrically around the body of the part. when it reflows this is going to apply uneven forces to the component, causing it to skew. I guess hav
