Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 08 17:12:31 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| Hi, | | Does anybody know what is the minimum gold plating thickness on the PCB goldfinger required by the industrial specifications - IPC, Bellcore, etc. Where can I find the information? Appreciate for the help! | | Thanks, | Tony | Hi Tony:
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 22:53:24 EDT 2002 | davef
Please give us background on your situation, so that we can focus on the specifics, for instance: * This is a bare board problem, correct? Then, this contamination causes what the problems in your process? * What is the type [ie, FR4, CEM1, etc] of
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 21:17:50 EDT 2002 | Sam
We had encountered similar problem before. But the cause was found out to be the poor good plating, instead of contamination. The way we dealt with that was sending them to the supplier for rework. It may be the fastest and most relaibility way. Goo
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 21:26:52 EDT 2002 | davef
Sam, You're correct. And that's what Joe would prefer to do with his contaminated boards, but he's trying to keeping line running, I believe.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 19 21:23:42 EDT 2002 | davef
I'm not saying that an eraser will necessarily work. What I'm saying is that some erasers may cause more trouble than the eliminate. Look here http://aic.stanford.edu/jaic/articles/jaic28-02-003_2.html We prefer a brand called Ruby Red. The "ole
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 22 13:14:56 EDT 2002 | scottefiske
Stop the lines...! Stop building defects and rework into your product. Contact Fab Supplier and have pipeline filled for small amount of replacement fabs to keep lines running and limiting production scheduling and impact. Request to have the board
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 23 12:42:15 EDT 2002 | dragonslayr
yea - yippie- Scott's the man!!!! good answer - I support the notion that in the long run, stopping the line, getting the root cause determination, is not only effective but efficient. It is hard to do because we all are so used to fire fighting on
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 17 22:50:20 EDT 2000 | Sartor
I am looking for a solution for gold finger cleaning and repairing.Can anyone recommend good solution(s)?Also,can anyone recommend a good flux paste source(s)?Thanks.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 16:16:17 EST 2010 | stepheniii
My old boss bought some stuff to clean the lead off of gold fingers. At least that is what he thought it did. What it really did was remove the gold fingers. And quite well I might add. The short answer to your question is no. And if you replate mak
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 28 17:46:44 EDT 1999 | Gary Kemp
My company manufactures memory modules and I'm finding solder specs on the gold fingers following the reflow process. We are using a no-clean solder paste. The spec sheet warns against crossing the 140 degree C mark during the soak stage, preventin
