Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 25 18:31:05 EST 2012 | kahrpr
A few years ago a lot of stencils were 6 mill and 7 mills and a lot of people still use them. these days with such a hi mix on the boards 5 mill seems to be a good compromise. if the 6 mills is working for you that's fine. One thing to note as you go
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 23 22:53:31 EST 2012 | davef
= 0.66 aperture opening to the stencil wall has been shown to provide the best transfer efficiency and repeatability of the deposited paste. Values from 0.66 to 0.8 insure a good paste release from the stencil. The biggest impact on area ratio is the
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 10:38:34 EDT 2011 | davef
Boots: Here's several methods for guessing at the amount of solder on your connection: * First, 'Down & Dirty' ** Assume that the solder is flat, which is reasonable since it's 'flattened' by the component package ** Assume 100% paste transfer from t
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 04 09:02:17 EST 2003 | davef
Q1. What is the recommended stencil thickness to apply the proper amount of solder for 0603 components? A1. The proper amount of solder is determined by: * Metal content of the solder paste. * Stencil thickness. * Aperture opening. * Other factors,
Electronics Forum | Mon May 20 16:15:48 EDT 2019 | davef
Resources are: * IPC-7525A - Stencil Design Guidelines, 3.5.2 Step-Up Stencil This type stencil is useful when it is desirable to print thicker solder paste in a small portion of the stencil. An example would be a ceramic BGA where it is necessary t
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 03 12:01:46 EST 2003 | jax
Alot of the companies out there use Standards developed internally, centered around there paste, equipment, and reflow processes. Normally you will see either 5mil or 6mil stencils used for everything in house with the exceptions of specific boards.(
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 06 09:07:28 EDT 2016 | davef
Hi Pavel IPC-6012 - Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards, Paragraph: Solder Resist (Solder Mask) Requirements, Sub-paragraph: Solder Resist Thickness has words to the effect … * Solder mask thickness shall be accordi
Electronics Forum | Thu May 23 10:18:02 EDT 2019 | emeto
A little hard to tell without knowing your part details and behavior and your PCB design. I have seen part warping so much that will show opens joints on the sides and short in the middle at the same time. Theoretically you should have area ration of
Electronics Forum | Thu May 21 09:54:07 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| I'm reviewing my board fab spec. It calls for a minimum SnPb thickness of 50 microinches on HASL PWB's. I've looked at other specs that call out anything from 30 to 80 microinches, and others that just say the copper pad must be covered and solde
Electronics Forum | Tue May 26 14:50:07 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| | I'm reviewing my board fab spec. It calls for a minimum SnPb thickness of 50 microinches on HASL PWB's. I've looked at other specs that call out anything from 30 to 80 microinches, and others that just say the copper pad must be covered and sol
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