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How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 26 14:28:12 EDT 2022 | emeto

Hello colleagues, I have a very long flex assembly that I run on a SMT carrier by bending assembly in the middle. This crates a curve after reflow, which I want to get rid if. Any ideas.

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.

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

Alternate Solders/methods of flex attachment to pcb's

Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 19:34:32 EST 2006 | Tom Smykowski

Omar: I dealt with this so called "hot bar" process also, and you're right; it's neither reliable nor repeatable. The goal was to attach a flex LCD display to another flex circuit. The flex LCD was constructed of resin and conductive silver particl

Is anyone conformal coating flex circuits?

Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 08 16:32:23 EDT 2015 | duso02

Commonly done with Parylene.

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 31 13:00:46 EDT 2022 | emeto

:) Yes, I was thinking on this too. Still looking for other options though.

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 31 13:01:58 EDT 2022 | emeto

It travels on the SMT carrier bent through all he process.

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 31 20:31:06 EDT 2022 | stephendo

Are you calibrated to NIST traceable standards?

How to fix flex bent after reflow

Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 01 19:36:58 EDT 2022 | emeto

This is the concept

Non wetting spots of flex PCB pads

Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 19:42:05 EDT 2023 | emeto

Have you tried cleaning these spots with anything?


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