Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 21 02:08:00 EDT 2010 | isd_jwendell
I have noticed that the % metal content in the paste can also be directly correlated to solder balls (less metal, more balls). However, I also found differences between pastes from different manufacturers and the number of solder balls (identical boa
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 29 04:11:59 EST 1998 | Richard Sin
I have an inbteresting problem on my N2 wave soldering lines. We have two N2 wave soldering line. Line A is old one and Line B is new. We found solder balling Phenomenon on PCB After soldering in the new N2 Atmosphere Wave Soldering Machine. In the c
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 13:47:11 EST 2008 | realchunks
Yes, the mask finish is prolly the #1 contributor to solder balling. Seen it many times. It's not that it's cured or not, went down that path about 3 or 4 times as well. Different fluxes can help too. But also check your preheat. If your are get
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 10 07:24:13 EDT 2002 | John
I need teoretical info for theme "Matted surface vs solder ball". Is it right that some solder pastes decrease solder balling but give matted surface after reflow? That diference between these pastes and others? Are the matted surface worse solder b
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 12 09:04:21 EST 2019 | mario85
Hello Guys, I'm new here. I am smt process engineer in new company located in Poland. I am responsible for whole smt line, so I have a lot of problems at the beginning :). I would like to ask about few things. The topic is solder balls. I produced s
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 17 15:12:18 EDT 2008 | slthomas
To quote a regular here, "Are you sure your washer is set up correctly?" :P He's a WS junkie. This is a really common problem and is discussed here often. Mid chip solder balls (solder beads) are almost always the result of too much paste being dep
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 31 02:04:19 EST 2019 | sssamw
From the picture, I cannot see clearly solder ball violate electrical clearance or cause a short, maybe it is. What I can see is the solder paste has some misalignment although it doesn't printed in solder mask area, but actual position will reduce
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 08 02:39:37 EDT 2008 | akareti
By connector, you mean socket? Connector use for board to board connection from FCI, MFG P/N: 84500-202 What is the material of the connector(socket)? Is it very frigale? Housing: liquid crystal polymer Solder ball: SnPb 63/37 how big are the bal
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 31 08:11:51 EDT 2009 | davef
Solder ball formation can be a significant problem if the balls get trapped in the smaller spaces between ceramic chip carriers and substrates or possibly between the leads of small pitch leaded ICs. The solder balls also reduce the solder volume ava
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 19 14:43:46 EST 1999 | Nithy
We are in the process of getting into no-clean paste and fluxes. One important issue in this is sodler balling. I have heard some people say that having a matte finish would help in having lesser solder balls and that the solder balls would not be
