Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 12:47:03 EST 2000 | morris
Wolfgang: What is the mask material? What type of process/tools are required to remove it? Approximate cost per PCB?
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 14 08:56:55 EST 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Hi Morris, Not that I�m forced to do it at the moment but if I had to again in the future I would try a different way and than look for a masking method that goes along with our other processes. I�ve just seen this in board houses and they offered u
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 23 03:23:09 EST 2000 | Rob Steltman
Hi We use a U-channel piece of high temperature silicon which is just pushed over the gold tabs before the soldering process. The silicon can be used over and over again. The advantages are that there is no mask on the board during the SMT process a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 13:16:40 EST 2000 | Dave F
Tony: You have choices: * Hi Temperature Tape: Go with Wolfgang ... too tough to control. * Selective Soldering Pallets: Some like 'em some don't. A lot of your success depends on the pallet fabricator. * Screenable Temporary Solder Mask: Wol
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 31 10:21:27 EST 2000 | boca raton
I've seen some plastic fingers advertised for wave solder machines. Anyone used 'em? They are 'glass-reinforeced polymer resin', they are supposed to stand the heat, can be mixed with titanium fingers on the machine, and cheaper! (near and dear to
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 02 17:16:44 EST 2000 | Larry
Boca, We mix them with titanium fingers, been running them for 6 months with no problems with heat. They break off rather then mangle like the titaniums, which can be a good thing! Do I like them? Sure! I found they were 1/2 the price as titaniums an
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 04 09:29:21 EDT 1998 | Chrys
I have gold fingers that I want to mask when running over the wave without pallets. They're on the leading edge of the board. I recall seeing rubber boots that slid onto the fingers to mask them. Pop 'em on before the wave; pop' em off after and r
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 17:02:10 EDT 2008 | allwave
What brand of flux and wave solder machine are you using? George
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 08:00:33 EDT 2008 | cgray
We are using Multicore (MFR 301) from Henkel.
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 14:07:42 EDT 2008 | cgray
Thanks for your experiences.