Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 14 09:41:35 EDT 2008 | davef
Q1. Do we really need to follow the IPC J-STD-001 Solder purity? A1. Yes, you should control impurities in solder. Further information: * "Allowable concentration of contaminating elements in solder: impurities are harmless unless their level goes to
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 09 21:09:20 EDT 2011 | hegemon
Wow, a lot of questions here...and you are definitely doing some "tough sledding". To the point. If you have 3 - 22" zones you'll have to calc your belt speed and temperatures to match the solder paste requirements with regard to flux activation an
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 06 12:37:14 EST 2012 | deanm
We are having difficulty with bridging on a 2x50 pin 0.050" fine pitch connector using our selective soldering machine. It usually bridges at the end of the row, but sometimes it bridges all the pins together as it drags across (solid bridging). I
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 14 13:39:59 EDT 2013 | eadthem
Most of this you have probably covered, but these are what have caused heating issues for us in our 1707 EXL. First, you would probably notice, but check that all blowers are turning by looking at there cooling fans in the top and bottom, Our 170
Electronics Forum | Sun Jul 26 05:56:28 EDT 2015 | spoiltforchoice
http://www.surfacemountprocess.com/solder-paste-printing-process.html this site has some pretty good general advice for the novice. I am in no way affiliated with it and I have no idea as to its eventual commerical aims (if any). ENIG if your produc
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 08 20:59:55 EDT 1999 | Dreamsniper
| | | What oven temperature should be used to reflow solder (Sn63Pb37) on a PC board (0.075" to 0.100" thickness) in 5 to 10 minutes? | | | | Profiling - tedious but important. As said, start with the paste manufacturers recomendation which is usua
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 14 19:35:51 EST 1998 | C. Lao
Mr Lao We have some specialist knowledge on this subject and offer both equipment and services for these tests. My first recommendation is that take coupons manufactured by your PC Fabricator and then samples at each manufacturing stage: Bare coupon
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 30 21:46:56 EST 2000 | Dave F
Reg: This is copy / paste from draft version of IPC 7095 ( issued May 1999 ) ... 7.3 Assembly accept/reject criteria 7.3.1 Voids in solder joint a. Sources of Voids There can be voids in solder balls, or at the solder joints to the BGA, or at the so
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 16 02:43:21 EST 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hello, | | We are qualifying new sources of PWB vendors. We've got the first lot of "produciton" boards in and we want to put them through the paces before turing the vendors on. | | So far, the tests I can think of performing, and that we have
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 17 20:48:14 EST 2001 | davef
We find that the raw BGA's pad sheared surface has the SnPb solder at various Z heights whereas the assembled BGAs pad leave a smooth layer of SnPb along the pad. Like to understand the cause for the difference. Who could guess? Solder joint streng
