Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 11:56:20 EDT 2012 | hegemon
You might try to complete all your soldering within a 72 hour or less time frame. For all intents treat your board like a moisture sensitive component after you have baked and completed SMT reflow. Wash, blow dry, and go direct to stuffing and com
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 04 07:32:35 EST 2017 | pavel_murtishev
Good day, Having recieved new batch of PCBs with OSP surface finish, I have noticed that some polygons not covered by solder mask and solder paste become darker after second reflow cycle compared to PCBs not being sent to reflow. I wonder whether i
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 17 02:56:40 EDT 2001 | mugen
Hi, (me been absent for some time...) Are your brds confirmed HAL over copper? (check out what Dave F mentioned abt possible root causes) or are the brds HAL over nickle? (shd be no problem here, if so?) or are the brds strictly nickle plated pads?
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 07 12:07:30 EDT 2016 | wlsmt
Sorry davef. I was not being clear. PCBAs came out cold soldered after being reflowed the first time with ALPHA WS-820. The flux gel ALPHA WS 609 was supposed to be applied only onto the terminations of caps where ALPHA WS-820 was for a second refl
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 15 10:38:41 EDT 2016 | laynefelix
Hi everyone..i am new here. I am hardware design engineer and as per my experience PCBAs came out cold soldered after being reflowed the first time with ALPHA WS-820. The flux gel ALPHA WS 609 was supposed to be applied only onto the terminations of
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 26 07:52:35 EDT 2020 | sync40
Hello to everyone, Have you ever experienced soldermask bubbles inmediately after printed the soldermask itself? (for screen printing method of LPISM). I am not talking here about blistering or any outgassing defects after exposing to high temperatu
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 28 16:20:12 EST 2017 | rgduval
Pictures of your issues would help us to help you. Pin holes/blow holes are generally caused by either moisture or flux volatiles/organics. Since you've virtually eliminated moisture, it might be time to look at your paste/flux. You can call eithe
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 20 11:14:15 EST 2002 | cfraser
Guy's I am sorry but your dike removal process for chip components is midievil at best. The fastest way to remove a chip is with 2 solder irons. Place one iron on each end of the component. This process is completely safe and takes about 2 seconds pe
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 02 08:52:20 EST 2001 | markkrmp
Are your voids looking like blow holes also? Is this only occurring on the solder joints of the Thru Hole components and Via's? Or does this happen on SMD pads? My experience is that we have seen this but only with some of our older PCB's which are
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 08 13:22:11 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| This is a question for those of you who actually assemble components onto a board. | Any idea what the "industry standard" is for fall out on assembled PCB's? I realize that the controls put in place in your processes will effect your overall qua
