Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 06 17:37:05 EDT 2007 | hakerem
Hi Joris - There is an excellent wave solder guide called "Take No Prisoners" that includes instructions for attacking and eliminating solder balls and preventing their recurrence: 1. Increase Dwell Time Solder balls are normally caused by too much f
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 08:09:08 EST 2006 | CK the Flip
Square-leaded pin headers will typically bridge at the trailing edge (last couple of leads), since during peel-back, the solder at the trailing edge has "nowhere to go". If you have control over designs, ask your designers if they can put solder thi
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 26 20:22:01 EST 2001 | davef
As a design rule, provide 0.050" minimum between parts to be "masked" and areas that require wave contact. The more the better is the general rule to apply. Check: http://www.autogroup.com/designguideb/ http://www.spprecision.com/ http://www.datumdy
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 11 16:33:59 EST 2008 | mgershenson
We have 30 years of soldernig experience, 25 years in soldering robotics, and have had laser based systems for a few years now. I'm not sure you need a laser for this application. It's really going to depend on whether or not an iron tip can get in
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 18 07:46:34 EST 2008 | adlsmt
The reason we are using laser rather reflow is because the Osram Golden Dragon part my customer needs to use is not rated for reflow. I would prefer to stay away from hot bar as there is maintanance required on the tips, Unitek had a pretty sweet mac
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 21 20:09:18 EDT 2016 | adamjs
I have tried adding more paste but get shorts and excess flux as I get above a 7 mil stencil. You do need the thicker stencil. To prevent the shorts, you need to have your pick-and-place machine probe the exact height of the board (at multiple loca
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 21:41:46 EST 1999 | chartrain
Temperature vs time is what soldering is all about. The faster you run your conveyor, the more heat will have to come from the pot for a given assembly. Example: You heat the board to 200F top side through the preheaters. Eutectic 63/37 melts at 361.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 01 13:31:09 EDT 1998 | FRANK
Assuming that you do not have a solderability problem with the board or part it sounds like you are not pumping the solder up high enough to contact the board plus push into the board by about 1.8mm. Are you using a chip wave in front of the normal
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 19 22:47:36 EDT 2006 | davef
So, a 10SWG is about an 8AWG. We can't think of a IPC standard for design of this type of product. That the solder is running up the wire indicates something is wrong. We wonder if either: * Holes in the board might be too large for the wire. Doe
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 03 17:43:34 EDT 2004 | g2garyg2
Hi Doug, Read your inquiry. My company PRO-MATION has some exciting technologies available for both top side and bottom side selective laser soldering. Our work cells are great for low volume / high mix environments and are capble for both Tin Lead
