Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 29 10:23:30 EDT 2008 | vladig
Everyone has been playing a guess game so far :-) but we don't even know what the lead finish is:-) Even old (Sn-Pb finish) days, the ammount of Pb in the plating would be on a single digit level (just to mitigate Sn-whiskers growth), meaning that th
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 05 13:33:28 EDT 2008 | jmiller
We are having problems with relay package seals cracking and moisture intrusion in power relays on thru-hole assemblies. we use a few different brands of thru-hole relays, we are using a sn-pb process right now and just going to lead-free. the contra
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 14:56:57 EDT 2008 | rarnold
I am dealing with a similar uncoalesced solder issue. This defect has come and gone several times during the last 6 months. See image. In my case, I am using conventional SnPb solder and an entire strip of my OSP finished board (includes various de
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 03 16:22:38 EDT 2008 | alien
For plain old QFPs in small quantities, a temperature controlled heat gun + a decent soldering station can do the trick. In my case, Steinel HL 2010 E heat gun (handheld, but with a digital readout) to desolder. Clean up pads with solder wick. Solder
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 31 05:26:14 EDT 2009 | d0min0
Hello, we had similar problem in the past - when we had to change PCB supplier from a batch of hundreds of boards (NiAu plated, SnPb process) we got 2-3 boards with paste wicking to components leads what we did, was to check the thickness of gold on
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 29 06:29:33 EST 2009 | sachu_70
There are two profiles available for the Pb-free process: (1) RSS and (2) RTS. In your case, you should try a solder paste that supports RTS profiles. A minimum of 7 zone Refow Oven would be fine on the Pb-free process. However, you may still try by
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 03 09:54:11 EST 2009 | dwelch123
If your using regular 63/37 Sn/Pb solder there are alot of other metals such as Antimony,Nickel,Iron,Cadmium,Aluminum,Copper,Gold,Bismuth,to name a few. But you need a certain amount of these metals for proper solder composition. Regarding the Antimo
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 01 01:37:07 EDT 2009 | abhinavajmera
I have been working on Pb-free assemblies of screw terminals (terminal blocks). Unlike, other pin-in-paste conducive components, these component has square headed leads. We have been facing issues with the solder dripping into the oven. We were able
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 21 12:28:00 EST 2009 | flipit
There is evidence of lead being used in soldering 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Not a big issue for most people doing SMT but the poster should also understand why percent metal is adjusted for different solder paste alloys. You print by volume b
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 04 00:51:01 EDT 2010 | jmelson
On the Xilinx chips, I am pretty sure these hairs are NOT tin whiskers. The solder in this particular build was SnPb, and pure tin would almost certainly melt at soldering iron temperatures. My theory is that slivers of the lead frame material, lik
