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
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 16 10:54:48 EST 2002 | davef
Knee of barrel and pad crack: Caused by thermal stress during soldering, because epoxy expands in the "z" 3X more than "x" or "y" which are restricted by the fiber. Related to: * Design of pads too large relative to hole diameter * Temperature at o
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 10 16:15:24 EST 2008 | terryl
on the front end in design, minimize the pth connections to ground planes. this takes alot of work by the pcb designer and the approval of the design engineer. connect maximum of 4 ground planes to pth, minimum 1 plane. use spoked connections. ev
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 15 11:32:04 EDT 2010 | patrickbruneel
Inspecting for plating problems shouldn’t be part of incoming inspection. Your board manufacturer should have the appropriate process control. I shouldn’t have said barrel cracks but plating skips. Plating skips are caused by dull drills or a too hi
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 02 08:19:50 EDT 1998 | Zanolli
Is anyone familiar with assembly procedures for the AMP� straddle mount Mictor connector? If so are there any suggestions to solve difficulty in slitting through the ground pin PTH barrels� and applying paste as reccommended?
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 08 22:27:52 EST 2007 | jkhiew
Did the PTH barrel ends in massive copper clad ? If yes this type of poor thermal layout topside heating is often recommended.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 22 19:07:29 EDT 2010 | jry74
To get out of a delivery pinch, I had to pre-tim some connectors because of contaminated leads. Make sure your selective wave speed and XYZ travel are close. Try doing a dry run across the board to preheat the PTH and then go back and solder them.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 19 09:41:14 EST 2012 | dyoungquist
What is your solder pot temperature? We found that on a 0.093" multilayer board increasing the temp of the lead free solder from 300C to 315C helped with the barrel fill.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 28 07:22:46 EDT 2020 | stephendo
Are you watching for copper dissolution? At one place I was asked to check why we had no barrels with some PTH locations. It was being dissolved in the solder fountain during rework.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 10 03:45:23 EST 2022 | proy
YES there is an IPC target/acceptable spec In general terms the barrel thickness in the hole should be 1 mil (thou). IPC has an allowable limit lower around .75 with some other factors. I have been checking barrel plating on all incoming boards since
