Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 26 20:54:40 EDT 1998 | Masdi Muhammad
Hi, Need some advice on how to eliminate or reduce the solder on finger that we are having right now. So far what we understand is that 90% of the problem is due to the reflow process where solder traps in vias causing explosion when subjecte
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 22:38:19 EDT 2001 | edylc
Hi , Could you be seeing the nickel under the gold plating because you are removing some of the Gold with the Kapton Tape....?? You mean , the adhesive properties of the kapton tape will cause the gold plating on the gold finger to be somehow peel of
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 13 13:45:25 EDT 2001 | gsmguru
Just a guess-- Could you be seeing the nickel under the gold plating because you are removing some of the Gold with the Kapton Tape ? This should be easy to verify. Otherwise it sounds like things are pretty much covered.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 20 03:00:53 EDT 2006 | reypal
If you are using SMT machine for component placement you may check your nozzle where in some cases solder paste stuck to it and during placement will easily get into gold pad area. otherwise you have use kapton tape in order not to expose those pads.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 10:16:49 EDT 2006 | russ
Clean up!, check all conveyors for paste, the printer, oven. If you are splattering in the oven than you need a better profile or better paste, one of the two, maybe both. Hope was helpful Russ
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 11:49:24 EDT 2006 | slthomas
How does your profile fit the paste manufacturer's specs? It sounds like you could be ramping up a little fast and boiling your non-metal constituents.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 19:20:25 EDT 2006 | sharifudin
Actually we run lead free solder paste and the profile spec very tigh.I can't use capton tape due my product in panel form and save cost.I already verify conveyor,machine and tool free from dust and solder paste but the problem still remain.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 09:53:57 EDT 2001 | edylc
Hi Thrasher7, We called it wash boards, any misprint from screen printer was at tight control ..and those wash boards when being flow down to the line have an identifier /marker , is a matter on isolation of the problem..... But I still can't think
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 20 05:04:30 EDT 2006 | bing007
We had a similar problem with gold contact pads. Cleanliness is paramount. If you are using foil tensioning system, wash the foil in a stencil wash before use as the cardboard cassettes may be contaminated. Be very careful when loading into a frame f
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 30 17:32:37 EST 2004 | russ
If you are lucky, you might be able to chip the solder off the fingers with an Exacto knife and then polish it up with a pink eraser. This does work if the solder on the fingers isn't wetted very well. Russ
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