Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 26 07:42:49 EDT 2008 | pcbbuilders
I am not very concerned about production time, but it is always a thought! Quality is more importnant of course. We have 2 different pastes, with almost identical requirements. We can get close to their profiles, but i am worried that i am spending
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 28 11:31:42 EDT 2008 | blnorman
Ideal situation is get a technical rep from the solder paste supplier. They know their paste better, and should be able to work out a profile based on their paste and your oven. Again, a technical rep, not the sales guy.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 28 13:21:50 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Do you have a Slim-Kic? You can run a profile and then do predictions from there. Very useful tool.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 28 14:01:05 EDT 2008 | pcbbuilders
thanks, looks like an interesting product. any idea of the cost? they don't list it on their site. not sure if i can afford it yet.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 28 14:30:22 EDT 2008 | grics
Take a look at this. Remember, these are only guidlines and can not replace any paste specs. As Real Chunks said, a profiler will be of HUGE help. We use this to determine what our top side temps are and to see if we have any problems with heat sen
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 28 16:48:54 EDT 2008 | pcbbuilders
my oven has a built in profiler, it works fairly well, but it can not predict changes. my main concern was about the time right before reflow. i know that's where the flux is activated and i was worried that i may be spending too much time at the tem
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 29 10:46:17 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Oh, well if you can profile, model your profile to the profile supplied by the paste manufacturer. Anything outside of their recommended profile is all experimantal.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 29 10:53:58 EDT 2008 | pcbbuilders
Some profiles can be difficult to get exactly, so I was wondering what effect a slight deviation might have.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 29 14:20:03 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Slight variations should have little impact on your product under normal conditions. All depends on your board.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 01 21:10:35 EDT 2008 | leo_dektec
You can keep only the 5th zone as the reflow zone. And lower the first two zones to keep a good ramping rate. Meanwhile,please note the ting temperature in software or control panel is not the exact temperature in your PCB, you'd better get a KIC or
