Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 02 01:30:12 EST 2005 | fctassembly
Hello Arnold, Yes, by definition of joint formation, copper will dissolve in lead free solder in order to form the connecting intermetallic layer. There is a distinct difference in the copper dissolution rates of the major alloys being considered wi
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 04 14:48:48 EDT 2010 | spitkis2
You got my vote. I would not want to be on the other side of that stencil. Maybe your operators are just trying to save the company some money by collecting the excess solder paste and resuing it for future builds? I hope there are no bean count
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 22 09:48:24 EST 2006 | slaine
Hi Ive checked into this a bit more, there are two coatings im told you can get one is a teflon coating that you paint on then bake, the other is a red oxide (lead free) paint. Also if your using solder pots and they are close grain cast iron they a
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 12:25:42 EDT 2010 | deanm
I think you are right. According to IPC-7526 section 6.2 says that using compressed air to blow out paste will damage the stencil, especially between fine pitch apertures. It can also broadcast solder paste onto other surfaces or personnel. I recomm
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 03 08:18:17 EST 2005 | fctassembly
Hello Arnold, Just to clarify the Sn100C discussion: Please note that SN100C is the Nihon Superior alloy composed of tin/.7copper/nickel. The key point in regard to SN100C is that Cu does not go directly into solution but first reacts to form an inte
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 23:40:26 EST 1999 | Chris G.
| Does anyone know if I will have problems soldering surface mount components to an all hard gold plated PC board. We want to use hard gold similar to gold used for edge fingers because our customer is concerned about wear and conductivity of connect
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 03 16:45:20 EST 1999 | Mark Henebry
Does anyone know if I will have problems soldering surface mount components to an all hard gold plated PC board. We want to use hard gold similar to gold used for edge fingers because our customer is concerned about wear and conductivity of connector
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 09 16:01:10 EDT 2003 | russ
Mike, the one pad that is "small" definitely appears to be over etching (It looks like it was supposed to be much larger). What is the dims of this little bugger as compared to the Gerber? i would also tend to believe that there probably is some mask
Electronics Forum | Mon May 31 21:50:59 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | I have always thought it to be a good practice to wash SMA's with water soluble paste (WS609) soon after reflow. Is there a time limit as to how long a board should sit after reflow before washing said board? For instance; processing a double-
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 13 05:02:19 EDT 1999 | Brian
| We have a product, with various PWBs, with over 600 parts each one (We are a low Volume/high mix company with an average component placement per PCB between 250 to 300 parts). This PWBs have 7 to 10, 20 mils pitch parts. We are having problems with
