Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 12:07:09 EDT 2017 | georgetruitt
HOW THICK IS THE BOARD? IS THERE A LOT OF COPPER IN THE BOARD? DOES YOUR CUSTOMERS PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF IN THE BOARDS BARREL DESIGN THERE NEEDS TO BE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR LEADFREE SOLDER TO FLOW, DID YOU CHECK YOUR PIN(LEAD)TO HOLE (BARREL) RATIO? N
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 02 11:01:57 EST 2017 | charliedci
Maybe increased barrel fill? Raising pot temps slightly seems to increase barrel fill at selective solder, something we battle with.
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 17 13:13:49 EST 2005 | Mike
Hello, Some questions.... Are you running lead free? What alloy? What�s your pot temp at? Temp of the board after preheat? Are you getting any solder in the barrels (
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 24 09:52:14 EST 2004 | davef
First, two points about hole / barrel fill are: * A filled hole is an excellent indicator of the optimum process and optimum quality PCB. * The study that showed that holes need not be filled was paid for by the US Army and performed by Lockheed in
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 15 08:00:09 EDT 2010 | patrickbruneel
What you have is blowholes. Baking your boards prior to soldering will help. Root cause is either barrel plating too thin or barrel cracks allowing laminate moisture to escape. Patrick
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 16:01:23 EDT 2018 | davef
Feature||Class 1||Class 2||Class 3 Circular wetting of solder of the lead and plated hole barrel on the component side.||Not Specified||180 deg||270 deg Plated hole fill.||Not Specified||75%||75% Circular fillet and wetting of solder of the lead a
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 11:41:56 EST 2007 | davef
Questions are: * Does the component take solder when you dip it in the solder pot to test the solderability of the leads? * Can you get full barrel fill when wave soldering a bare board? * Is your flux reaching the top of the board through the hole b
Electronics Forum | Sun Dec 15 22:31:43 EST 2002 | craigj
Has anyone heard of vias cracking (barrel from pad) when being wave soldered. Was told this was a big problem by contract pcb designer, he always tent vias because of this. The reason was that the solder filling the vias caused stressing and then sep
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 22 19:34:56 EDT 2010 | hegemon
Thanks for the help guys. Nice to think I was basically on the right path. PCB manufacturer has finally conceded the barrel defects and is remaking the PCBs. We are big on pre-tinning the leads of TH connectors as well as providing some good pre
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 10 00:15:07 EST 2008 | jeffjarmato
Are there any good solutions for getting good barrel fill on PTH boards using Pb Free solder and No Clean flux. All of our boards are having issues getting minimum required fill per IPC. It does not matter if the board is 062 or thicker, any pin conn
