Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 11:20:10 EDT 2013 | rgduval
Is there any particular reason you're looking at getting a dedicated machine?! The first question that pops to mind is...are you having so many mis-prints that you need dedicated equipment at the site to mitigate the issue? If so, I know you've bee
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 09 00:57:05 EDT 2009 | jjmag921612000
SteveO, I had personal experience with this using a Panasonic MPAV2B. It took a while, but I believe the end result was to have some additional "Z" travel to press the QFN into the paste. Also, the design of the paste on the ground was key to keep t
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 01 19:07:57 EST 2013 | hegemon
We have had some success in void reduction with LGA by pre-tinning or "bumping" the devices before placement. The extra solder seems to allow a slightly higher standoff, and allows better outgassing, is my guess. A lot more labor , but the results
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 20 08:23:23 EDT 2009 | ratsalad
One diagnostic tool that I have found useful in the past is the "hot plate test". Place suspect components and/or PCB's on a hot plate and turn it on High. Then observe. Granted the conditions on the hot plate are not the same as in a reflow oven,
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 28 17:05:46 EDT 2012 | davef
Here’s what we seem to know: * There’s a problem with voiding in the solder connections of SMT capacitors * A void is an open area caused by air or process fluid that is trapped within a solder connection * Voids are an allowable condition as long as
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 20 18:32:55 EDT 2008 | hegemon
Back when I used to do a lot of these style devices we ran into the same problem you are describing. Use a pattern for the center pad area and keep the total coverage to about 68% of the pad area. Diagonal Stripes, tic tac toe, cloverleaf, dot array
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 13 22:19:28 EDT 2002 | mikestringer
Hi Everyone What lubricants do your maintenance people use for the chains in your Reflow ovens? The manuals for our ovens have one recommendation - but I am always open to other people�s experiences and recommendations. Another option may be easie
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 23 16:56:03 EDT 2002 | mikestringer
Hi Marc I too have been using a fully synthetic Motor oil on Heller reflow ovens for a number of years. In our case Mobil 1 5W-50. We have a field failure problem with some 1% resistors under conformal coating where sulphates are dissolving the si
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 21 16:32:03 EST 2001 | mparker
The root cause is dependant on the type of solder "splash", ball, whatever, that you are seeing post reflow. If it is smears, then cleaning the stencil underside is probably the answer. Are you using automatic wipers? How many print cycles between w
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 17 03:15:40 EDT 2003 | Daan Terstegge
Are there via's underneath the Tantalum, closed with soldermask on the other boardside only ? I've had a situation recently where a chip resistor was blown away by the outgassing of via's under a Tantalum. The presence of the Tantalum caused the vap
