Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 08:00:26 EST 2005 | jax
What you are most likely dealing with: Insufficient Pure Sn layer ( multiple causes ) Because elevated temperatures accelerate the diffusion process, the thickness of the Pure Sn layer will reduce during every thermal cycle... ( bakeing PCBs, S
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 16 17:02:40 EDT 2011 | boardhouse
The finish looks like Immersion Tin or Silver. if its lead free Hot air - could be issue of to high of a Tin Content. find out what brand of Hasl they are using. SL100 Example. Is this tarnished look only being seen after assembly or have you seen
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 17 13:51:21 EDT 2011 | mosborne1
Your problem is at your board house with the finish. There is not enough tin deposited on the ground plane. Could be the current density too low on the ground plane. If electroless they just didn't process these correctly. What is the finish suppose
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 15 15:13:50 EST 1998 | justin medernach
| I have a problem! The solder on my pc boards look great comeing out | of my reflow oven. They go thrue the rest of the prossese | and at the end at the qc station it's cold or whitish or gray not shiny. | does any one have a idea on how to correct
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 08:16:41 EST 2005 | davef
Heat cycles deplete the pure tin layer. Each solder cycle reduces the tin thickness by ~0.1 micron (4 uin). So, if you start with a thin imm tin coating you'll have problems after multiple heat cycles. Steve Wentz says, "In almost every case I've
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 13:31:03 EST 2005 | gpaelmo
Thanks for your response.
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 13:31:28 EST 2005 | gpaelmo
Thanks for your response.
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 03:47:46 EST 2005 | gpaelmo
Anyone have problems wave soldering white tin finish? We are an ems and our customer provides us the pcb's. SMT and TH components on the board. SMT is fine but when we wave solder, wetting to top side is very poor (solder only flows half way up). We
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 07:46:46 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| We have mixed to negative feelings about Omikron, but I beileve it is due to problems with the board fabricator rather than the process itself. When done properly, our Omikron boards have had very good solderability. However, we have had several
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 14 10:53:10 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Has anyone had any experience with using this alternative plating process? Some board houses are pushing toward this plating. Is there any long term data on this process? Any problems experienced with smt and thru-hole? I've heard tin whiskers to b
