Electronics Forum: flex boards (Page 1 of 33)

Reflow of flex circuit

Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 04 07:08:55 EST 1998 | Pat Copeland

I am looking for information on reflow temps for a flex board. There is only one 6 pin IC but the board has a 3M double sided tape. Is it possible to reflow without damaging the tape. Any suggestions?

Re: Reflow of flex circuit

Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 05 16:25:27 EST 1998 | Brian Stumm @ ETS

| I am looking for information on reflow temps for a flex board. There is only one 6 pin IC but the board has a 3M double sided tape. | Is it possible to reflow without damaging the tape. Any suggestions? Do you have a profiler for your reflow oven?

Protecting flex during conformal coating

Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 14 15:13:52 EDT 2013 | esoderberg

Does anyone have a novel idea on how to protect the flex area during conformal spray coating? Currently using Humiseal T30 on the flex but it has to be removed very carefully to insure coating stays intact on the board.

Polyimide flex circuit PCB house

Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 16 11:04:11 EDT 2015 | cyber_wolf

Who are the experts in the U.S. regarding polyimide bare board manufacturing ? We are struggling with warpage issues....

Pre-bake of Polyimide flex ? ?

Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 17:53:52 EST 2005 | SuePH

We had a contract in house that included a flex board which required an 18 hour bake at 105 degrees. The other brds got along fine with 2 hours, but the flex board would delaminate until we went to this long bake. I don't know how the engineer came

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 02 02:04:43 EDT 2022 | angela t

Bend it for mounting,if it can't be mounted by bending assembly. you can choose other pick and place machine which can handle this flex pcb. How long is this flex board? And do you use jigs when reflow? Could you please send a picture of the jig yo

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 02 11:20:04 EDT 2022 | proceng1

Is the BLUE area the only place where parts are located? That is a very interesting concept. Why do they NEED to be flattened? Do they ship flattened, or are they installed flat? I assume that the use of flex is because the actual application re

Pre-bake of Polyimide flex ? ?

Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 22 19:09:17 EST 2004 | rohman23

Very strange...I just logged into the internet to come post this very question for all the lurking experts. We have a 16 layer rigid-flex that we have never baked. Our board vendor is expressing concern that we do not perform a pre-bake before assy

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 27 13:11:03 EDT 2022 | proceng1

so you bend it to go in? Can you not let it lay flat? We run flex on carriers, but nothing that large. We also run 48inch long boards, but they are aluminum.

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 27 18:34:33 EDT 2022 | emeto

I don't have equipment that can handle this size of a board. Do you see any challenges on printing 48" board?


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