Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 04 17:05:52 EDT 2002 | davef
Solder balls floating around on the air currents of a reflow oven. I sincerely doubt it. Could the solder on your gold fingers be from: * Excess placement force during P&P? * Ejactula from solder deposits during rapid preheat ramp rates? * Ejactula
Electronics Forum | Tue May 07 13:49:05 EDT 2019 | tey422
Like I stated before, I am not familiar with the machine. I can only make suggestions. If you found solder paste on the nozzle, clean it off to prevent part stuck to the nozzle tip. I would also check if the nozzle tips are being worn off; uneven we
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 25 13:01:48 EDT 2001 | Hussman
If the flux you are applying by brush is alcohol based, use some alcohol on a few failed PCBs and retest. It souldn't take a lot of flux to reflow the balls to a pad that's already covered with solder and flux from the first BGA - unless you are cle
Electronics Forum | Sat Apr 20 10:12:16 EDT 2002 | davef
If people use an inert gas, they use nitrogen for mass soldering. Inert gases get progressively more expensive as you move down the periodic table. Many times no-clean flux is less active than other flux types. So, people use an inert gas to lower
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 22 14:45:01 EDT 2004 | Michelle Ogihara
As many people have participated in this email string, including competitors and customers of Sawa, I would like to respond to especially one rather detailed email expressing concerns with this stencil cleaning system. Also, this teaches me to keep
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 09 14:22:09 EST 2004 | billschreiber
There is an article on our web site by Richard Clouthier, �SMT Stencil Cleaning: A Decision That Could Impact Production.� He talks about how high pressure sprays can damage the delicate land mass areas between fine-pitch apertures. High pressure ai
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 29 18:17:48 EST 2004 | kerryn
It should be noted that some of the main reasons to change from manual cleaning to automated stencil cleaning are: � Manual cleaning is not consistent � quality is totally in the operators hands � Contamination left on the stencil and in the aperture
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 15:42:15 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Patrick, you're right. I've only dealt with 2 different flavors of Alpha alcohol-based flux. I've always thought that the convection causes the activator to evaporate more rapidly, but this is probably just the case with older formulations. Again,
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 11:41:18 EDT 2021 | jeremy_leaf
I have a SAC305 preform with which I am attempting to bond a gold coated component to an ENIG coated PCB pad. I've specified 2 microinches of gold for the ENIG. It worked previously but now with a new batch of boards, I am having an issue where the p
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 26 17:59:07 EST 2006 | GS
How is RH% inside your Dry Cabinet ? What is the most critical MDL of your MSDs soldered on your board ? Best instructions about Handling of MSD you can get from Standard J-STD-033B/C. The defects you encountered at test it could be moisture absor
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