Electronics Forum | Sun Jun 06 09:20:03 EDT 2004 | michaeljm
My department and I have been working with immersion silver on and off for about four years and we have compiled quite a bit of data for the Alpha and MacDermid immersion silver chemistries. We have not encountered any assembly or storage related is
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 19 21:25:28 EDT 2004 | davef
It seems like the flux is burning-up before the metal begins to flow on this slightly odd component. Alpha talks about alternate reflow recipes for WS609, as follows: * A straight ramp up profile is preferred for reflowing low to medium thermal mass
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 16 13:21:24 EST 2006 | Bill C
Hi Russ, Thanks for the reply. No this is 856, I sprayed some on boards just to try it out and noticed it dries very quickly also but if its soldered right away as would be the case in the machine, it's fine. I believe I tried some 857 and found th
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 02 10:22:13 EDT 2006 | SteveH
We are having issues with cleaning underneath leadless chip carriers due to their extreme low lying nature and I wondered if anyone else had any experience of this. Our process for years has been vapour degreasing with Triklone N, which works, but w
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 02 20:53:34 EST 2000 | Dave F
Dennis: Several points: 1 If you're talking AlphaLevel process (?): � Good solderability, as HASL, even no-cleans bite well. � Planarity, uniform deposit, no bridgin� of FP. � Doesn't store as well as NiAu ... LT 6 months sealed � Very sensitive t
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 06 12:03:12 EDT 1999 | Graham Naisbitt
| | Hi, | | | | Help! Could anyone help to enlighten me on this? | | | | Question: | | | | If I have a CSP/BGA package of size X by Y and the standoff gap between the component and PCB is Z, What is the maximum allowable Y/Z or X/Z that using a n
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 14 09:38:07 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 09:19:29 EST 2007 | tk380514
We use Alpha EF-2202 low-VOC No-Clean flux Selective wave soldering cassettes Bottom pre-heating wave soldering machine We have one component that will not solder properly: http://www.epcos.com/web/generator/Web/Sections/ProductCatalog/Capacitors/Ul
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 18:07:04 EDT 2004 | dwanzek
This has been a tough one to date. Any ideas will help. Problem definition � random QFP144 part not soldering all leads. Percentage fallout is about 1-5% of boards. Usually leads, one or more, on trailing side to the direction of travel does not wet
Electronics Forum | Fri May 14 16:08:38 EDT 1999 | Chrys Shea
| | | | | I am looking for anyone who has converted over to VOC Free flux. I need some info on any problems, etc. that you might have had. | | | | | | | | | | Please E-mail me at wes.ruggles@vickers-systems.com or call at (513) 494-5229 | | | | | |
