Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 25 08:59:59 EDT 2004 | davef
IPC-HDBK-830, Guidelines for Design, Selection and Application of Conformal Coatings says: A conformal coating may have several functions depending on the type of application. The most common are: * Inhibit current leakage and short circuit due to h
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 10 16:45:36 EST 2005 | pjc
It all depends on what type of board you need to solder. If your boards are small in size and low thermal mass and your conveyor speed requirments are normal, then I'd say the OmniFlo 7 will do the job. It has a max zone temp setting of 280C. The cur
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 13 23:30:59 EST 2005 | VS
After reflow AOI makes sense because it has the highest coverage of the defects. Problems like tombstone, lifted pins, open solder joints, some shorts and insufficient solder you will not find before oven. I would also not agree with the statement th
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 06 12:36:53 EDT 2005 | smt_rookie
I've tried a different lot of the same double header connector (yes its double level right angled header conector) twice but nothing has improved. I've also suspected that top row of the connector has greater heat sinking capacity (which should hold
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 26 15:21:11 EDT 2005 | russ
Sounds to me like they are thinking since they have a gold board that it must be processed lead free. This kind of thing is happening all over since OEMs are starting to think about pb free and sending their purchasing and engineering to these semin
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 04 12:48:34 EST 2006 | pjc
In-Circuit Test is the best method for ensuring solder joint connections. It is a much more reliable than AOI. An ICT machine can ensure solder connections are made for array package devices such as BGA, PGA, etc... AOI is best for component I.D.- is
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 16 13:21:24 EST 2006 | Bill C
Hi Russ, Thanks for the reply. No this is 856, I sprayed some on boards just to try it out and noticed it dries very quickly also but if its soldered right away as would be the case in the machine, it's fine. I believe I tried some 857 and found th
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 24 13:39:35 EST 2006 | Chunks
I agree with Jerry. A 7 mil stencil should work just fine for 25 mil pitch parts and 0.050 pitch BGA's. I too go 6 mil, but whith proper screen printing, you can 7 mil. You can always do 5 ot 10% reductions if needed. Use the homeplate design on
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 07:19:29 EDT 2006 | billyd
Good morning all. I'm trying to find some help on my voiding issue on my lead free BGAs. I am using a Heller 8/2 zone oven, and using Qualitek solder paste. I had listened to a tech representing another solder company, who told me to make the joints
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 10:45:46 EDT 2006 | stepheniii
We have an ERSA Versaflow Ecoselect selective wave soldering machine. It works well except it needs nitrogen. You can't even move the table around if your nitrogen tank is empty. The spec sheet says Required degree of purity: Nitrogen liquid 5.0
