Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 27 13:36:22 EST 2001 | jmathis
Solder balls on the topside of our wave solder boards is a real issue. We have found that during the wave solder process, solder will enter through the via holes in the form of solder balls. It seems to be related to flux captured in the vias and o
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 31 09:00:06 EST 2001 | davef
Baking before assembly does nothing good. It: * Increases costs. * Adds steps to the process and makes scheduling more cumbersome. * Increases the amount corrosion on solderable surfaces. We used to bake to remove the moisture from boards that caus
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 20:00:24 EST 2002 | davef
If solder touches gold, you should see solder, rather than gold. Since you see gold, something is wrong. * Is the solder touching the gold? If not, why not? * If the solder is touching the gold, but the gold is not soldering, there is a problem w
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 16 15:01:55 EDT 2002 | wf
Have you considered point-to-point selective soldering using microflame ? If we look at the excellent points that Dave made.... The clearance required for the microflame is minimal, no tooling plate is required - only to fixture the parts and the p
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 09 00:26:46 EDT 2002 | craigj
Are currently investigating a change of solder paste for various reasons and are considering a move from 63/37 to using 2% silver solder paste for increased long term reliabilty of solder joints with gold finish PCBs and to further reduce reflow temp
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 29 09:54:46 EDT 2002 | davef
MadReindeer If this white residue is salt, * Why do you say is the presence of it 'not dangerous it only looking bad'? Don't salts sometimes go into solution with moisture on the board from humidity in the air and form cathodic plating shorts betw
Electronics Forum | Fri May 10 10:36:09 EDT 2002 | stownsend
Could be. Bottom line is my frustration is high with ENIG. It has it's merits, but if it's not done right, it'll bite you in the butt. Too many other choices to keep this frustration around. I have never used OSP. I'm requesting 200 boards from my b
Electronics Forum | Mon May 13 08:00:18 EDT 2002 | Yannick
Hi, Did someone ever heard about Entek? Last week I was speaking to a board manufacturer and he suggest me this coating. You can have information on http://www.enthone.com. It's suppose to be just like a plating that he put on the pad, so you ha
Electronics Forum | Tue May 07 02:58:27 EDT 2002 | dwoon
Hi, We are looking for some measuring machines to evaluate the ability of a SMT placement machine to produce quality. We will mount some dummy components on a glass plate and then insert the assembly into the measuring system which can measure the
Electronics Forum | Tue May 07 17:24:43 EDT 2002 | stefwitt
Most machine supplier have CMM's and proove their accuracy with attached protocol of CPK. We used to have a machine from View Engineering. I can not locate their website, I only found a used machine. http://www.equiptechonline.com/PDetail.cfm?pid=17
