Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 17 08:16:03 EDT 2005 | lyrtech
Thanks Patrick. I understand your points. It gives us good results. I didn't know about the flux activity on Gold finish. It's a pleasure to get this kind of explanantion.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 14:00:35 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
Mika, If I understand you correctly you compare hole fill of Ni/Au plated boards in a lead-free process with HASL 63/37 boards soldered with leaded solder. If this is the case you might be facing the challenges in Pb free wave soldering with the lim
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 18 00:31:17 EDT 2005 | KEN
I suspect the problem is a surfactant issue in your flux. I have seen where boards are fluxed, hit the solder fountain and come out like they never touched the solder. There was an inadequate surfactant between the solder and the PCB. I know you
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 20 15:59:15 EDT 2007 | blnorman
We use preprinted labels and laser coding. For PCB we laser mark with CO2 (NdYAG for the aluminum heat spreaders). We either have an epoxy legend to burn out or we burn the solder mask to expose the copper ground plane underneath. Laser is a much
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 27 18:37:10 EDT 2007 | gregcr
I'm actually in the process of phasing in direct inkjet marking on my bare boards. The MEK based inks dry almost on contact, and the machines I have use a videojet excel HD printhead. I'm looking forward to see how it works for us. I think it may
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 09:21:36 EDT 2005 | lupo
According with temperature vs. wetting force diagram 245-250C/degrees is better, so lower temperature than 500F means better solder fill. If the speed is too lower the solder suck out form the hole. Usually 120-150cm/min. is good. (2-4s contact
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 10:55:07 EDT 2005 | Mika
We have a simular problem with Ni/Au; especially whith pcb thickness more than 1.8mm. Note: These boards have been through reflow process also. 1.)Is there a maximum board thickness where it would be almost impossible to get a decent hole fil? 2.)Wi
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 13:12:30 EDT 2005 | Mika
Thanks Patrick, I our mixed standard HASL/RoHS production area; our customer have choosen Ni/Au plating for their RoHS boards. What You are saying (3.); is that we should be more attentive on the quality of the pcb manufactory. Even if our customer
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 14 17:54:15 EDT 2005 | Mika
Thanks Patrick for the replay, No, we do not mix the alloys nor Pb pcb:s/RoHS pcb:s in the case I described. It is simply as this: With both the different soldering processes we facing this phenomenon; but whith the RoHS SN100 or SAC305 it turns out
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 07 12:57:15 EST 2007 | John S.
Hover Davis makes a feeder that can be fitted to many pick and place machines. Runs about 7k. I've seen print on demand feeders at tradeshows for about 30k. If you've got enough volume, you could also laser etch. There's more capital involved, bu
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