Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 06 09:20:50 EDT 2005 | Bob R.
We approached it the same way we select SnPb pastes. We started by doing coupon level tests to sort out the obvious "bad" pastes: SIR, wetting, solder balling, print quality, etc. That cut the field in half. From there we started to do assembly l
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 06 09:11:14 EDT 2005 | russ
We use a diffrent colored traveller to identify the pbfree vs. other if you will. During our First article inspections we verify that the correct solder is being used per documentation and that the correct traveller is being used for that build. As
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 31 12:27:27 EST 2006 | Marcus
We have used the SN100C for over a year now with fanastic results. We use the SAC305 for SMT and SN100C wire exclusively. There are no problem mixing the alloys. I am also on the commitee for the NASA testing. The SN100C did out perform SAC and SnPb
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 26 16:10:53 EDT 2006 | muse95
I find is fascinating that a lot of people blame the Pbfree finish before anything else, as if this is some new and scary thing. It MAY be a contributing factor, but I doubt it is the main or only issue. When we started evaluating our BOM's 1.5 ye
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 12 07:42:56 EDT 2006 | brian.perry@suntroncorp.com
We are placing a gold plated device (LCC) to a NiAu PCB using a SnPb No-clean solder. We're noticing quite a bit of difficulty with reliable joints (intermittent connectivity) and if we have to rework a particular device, adjacent devices of this sa
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 03 12:51:20 EDT 2006 | Ofer Cohen
I'd appreciate your support in the following issue: A significant batch of PCBs failed on de-lamination. The failure was identified, of course, only after the assembly. There is a big variety of components (BGA 1mm, BGA 0.8 mm, FQPs and other SMT co
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 03 12:51:59 EDT 2006 | Ofer Cohen
I'd appreciate advise in the following issue: A significant batch of PCBs failed on de-lamination. The failure was identified, of course, only after the assembly. There is a big variety of components (BGA 1mm, BGA 0.8 mm, FQPs and other SMT componen
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 30 08:20:40 EDT 2006 | Bob R.
Are there any standard qualification/acceptance requirements for immersion tin board finish? J-STD-003 calls out temp/humidity preconditioning followed by solderability testing which is similar to what we have in our (ancient) internal documents. O
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 11 08:52:12 EDT 2006 | Amol Kane
lead-free processes involve higher temperatures. if you run this PCB thru the reflow oven, the worst possible scenario is that the board may melt and deform. even if it doesnt, it may delam internally (and or the bare board reliability might be compr
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 22 09:45:26 EDT 2006 | bradlanger
Greg, All the above. It looked like it was going to be a drop for SNPB HASL at first but after a few thousand boards we started running into all the problems you are describing. We first started seeing non wetting on SMT pads. The solder would wet t
