Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 15 19:01:53 EDT 2002 | Shawn
We have been getting solder balls on some of our SMT boards that are scattered across the board. We are using AIMS RMA291 in a cartridge. The profile we run matches what is called out on the tech data sheet for the solder with only the soak time mayb
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 15:53:14 EST 2008 | jmelson
I only build my own products, so it has to meet my needs for QA only. I am doing some 20 mil lead pitch (0.5mm) and will soon be doing a 0.4 mm pitch part. I have more magnification on my microscopes (40X) but almost never need to go that high. If
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 07 09:23:05 EST 2002 | russ
What would the considerations be in utilizing a type 4 paste as opposed to type 3? We have an assembly that has a large amount of uBGAs (12 mil diam pad)along with 50 mil pitch BGAs assorted fine pitch etc... We are experiencing difficulty in paste
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 29 20:01:46 EDT 1999 | Jim W
| | I would like to know if there is any good training for Hand Soldering, Component Identification, Wave Soldering, and so on. | | | | I have seen two diffenent tapes and they were short and poorly done, I would like to buy some if I knew it had so
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 11 23:50:51 EDT 2003 | Dean
Epoxy is hydroscopic. A cavity will form when the cure furnace reaches the boiling point of water. The steam expansion creates the pocket. It can be large enough to be filled with molten solder from the wave machine and cause a hard short under th
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 18 19:32:58 EDT 2001 | Gil Zweig
I believe that at the present time the industry really does not know how to use x-ray inspection apart from indentifying the obvious defects such as shorts, missing balls and gross solder voids. The real utility of x-ray inspection is to recognize: 1
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 01 09:02:24 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| We are experiencing shorting on a BGA. The part has a 1mm pitch with a 196 I/O count. The problem seems to pop up without warning & disappear in the same manner. | Our pad design is .020" diameter pads with .025" solder resist diameter. The ce
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 19 00:32:40 EST 1999 | ZEEK
| We are using .040" diameter fiducials (global and local) on our boards. They are solder covered and HASL. I get batches of boards where the p&p vision system has trouble reading the fiducial. The fiducial looks dark on the screen. The board ven
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 17 09:56:34 EST 2005 | jmedernach
Tx, Your spec limit is the point at which you expect to see a failure. In other words, what is the probability that you'll see a short when you have .008" of solder paste? What is the probability that you'll see an open if you have .004" of solder
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 01 14:44:04 EST 1998 | Terry Burnette
| Hi | I have been conducting my first reflow profiles. Most of the texts that I have read suggest soldering the thermocouples to a populated pcb. I am finding this very difficult. I have been using a high melting point (Sn5 / Pb95) solder and the
