Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 29 16:51:57 EST 2009 | gregoryyork
Hi Small ovens work fine if the settings are correct and I seriously doubt 55cm/min is right. Profile it and speed down to around 35cm/min. Increase first zone to around 170 keep second at 208 but increase last to around 280 BUT profile to check it
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 12:43:39 EST 2005 | jbrower
Hi Scott, My Heller is a bog standard Heller 1500 with an edge guide. There is nothing special about it. I would of course love to have a 7 zone oven, but...I have to use what is here at this time. My only concern with a 5 zone oven is the change i
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 22 12:05:37 EST 2005 | Tony
Currently we are using a 2 step vapor soldering process to manufacture our std. lead soldered parts. The first step was done with a ls240 vapor fluid and the second was done with a ls200 fluid. Using a 221 deg C sn95/Ag5 solder for the first step a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 19 13:21:53 EDT 2003 | kmccarten
I am currently working with Toyo Living, a manufacturer of Desiccant Dry Boxes. These boxes are specifically deisned for the electronics industry offering options of N2 Purge, or ultra-low flow, Out of spec Humidity alarms, Door Alarms, Data logging
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 09:21:36 EST 2005 | TomA
I looked breafly at this alloy. My concern was that I had already implemented a SAC 305 alloy at SMT. So any of my mixed technology projects would one alloy (SAC 305) on one side (topside) and a different alloy (SN100C) on the bottomside. Most articl
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 09:54:23 EST 2005 | jbrower
Hi Frank, we're still going to go with FR4 as our prefered material. Our board thickness is .062. We use an on shore and off shore vendor. Prototron I believe offers an immersion tin and excellence in china? offers an immersion tin finish. We fou
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 26 22:32:42 EST 2005 | siverts
The directive is called RoHS. Meaning that is not only the lead that is the issue. The materials need to whithstand a hihger temperature, not only delta T is an issue (but huge). Moisture sensitive devices: how to handle these? You will see an increa
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 31 06:33:04 EDT 2005 | Slaine
if a solder has over 85% lead its classed as RoHS complient because its difficult to achive the same melting point with anything else (298degrees). a few other alloys with a similar range are ; % % 266E266 82.6 Cd 17.4 Zn 271MP 100 Bi 280E2
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 12:07:09 EDT 2017 | georgetruitt
HOW THICK IS THE BOARD? IS THERE A LOT OF COPPER IN THE BOARD? DOES YOUR CUSTOMERS PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF IN THE BOARDS BARREL DESIGN THERE NEEDS TO BE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR LEADFREE SOLDER TO FLOW, DID YOU CHECK YOUR PIN(LEAD)TO HOLE (BARREL) RATIO? N
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 16 17:13:24 EDT 2003 | fmonette
John, Maybe you know this already but I just wanted to highlight a few facts about dry cabinets. My experience is that many engineers are not well aware of the industry guidelines and sometimes will buy a dry cabinet without understanding the key f
