Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 13 19:50:20 EDT 2003 | yukim
Hi, We are placing (+) & (-) terminals in SMT. We have just changed the plating of them: from Nickel to Tin (Sn). During the trial, we used the same reflow profile as before changing, and the solder seems different: a bit cold, with some solder paste
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 06 07:22:36 EST 2004 | Steve
Hello all you knowledgeable people. Got a customer who makes components. Asked the question what are manufacturers of components plating their lead with? Tin? Nickel? I heard possibly Paladium but don't know much about paladium. And of course the big
Electronics Forum | Sun Dec 08 23:40:19 EST 2002 | nonotalent
Hi all, We are currently having problems with > a laser-cut stencil that is electropolished and > nickel plated with 9-mil openings. The paste > does not release well from the apertures. We are > having to wipe after every print. The board is >
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 15 09:36:20 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| Folk's, | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly how long do you have be
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 14 11:04:54 EDT 2008 | herman
Samir, To correct some misconceptions on the answers to your question, and "what you know from experience": With both ENIG (Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold-IAu) and IAg (immersion silver), soldering does not take place to the gold or the silver. Wh
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 15 11:40:37 EST 1999 | Bob Willis
| | I am experiencing a problem with a surface mount coax connector that over time pulls loose from the PWB. The connector has 4 small gold plated leads and we are soldering it to a flash gold board. A cable plugs into the connector and puts some c
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 12 22:18:42 EDT 2020 | stephendo
Almost all the people here buy boards with the metal already plated on. We are mostly assembly people. The ones you really want to talk to are PCB fab people. And if you want to look into plating PCBs, I would suggest you look up Black Pad. It hasn'
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 25 16:35:04 EDT 1999 | William
I am pretty sure I am not having a problem w/porous gold or nickel that does not solder. How about electroless versus electrolytic? I thought electrolytic was for goldfingers and such applications. Can you use electrolytic plating for fine pitch a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 22 20:14:44 EST 2009 | herman
If you wish to specify ENIG, your best method of doing it is to simply invoke IPC-4552 (or IPC-4553 for immersion silver) on the fabrication drawing. These IPC standards define ENIG and IAg, and I believe they specify 150-180 uinches of nickel covere
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 03 17:39:34 EST 2008 | flipit
Why are you using stainless steel? Corrosion resistance? Can the stainless be gold plated? I think this can occur metallurgically. Maybe nickel first then gold. Why are you removing the nickel? Nickel is somewhat magnetic. Had an application onc
