Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 08:50:54 EDT 2003 | russ
I believe that Fancort makes some finger protectors that are made of Metal (Aluminum, titanium, etc...) I don't know how well these would process through placement equipment however due to their thickness. Could you clean the Kapton residue off just
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 17:59:06 EDT 1998 | Richard Jackson
I've tried every thing I can think of. Do you have any Ideas? What I have is micro balls on the gold fingers of panelize boards. These balls only appear on the gold finger. Or at least I can only find them on the gold fingers. What I have tried so
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 14:11:25 EDT 1999 | Dave F
Gary: Two things: 1 Reworking golding fingers is an old topic, check the SMTnet archives to get started. 2 Gold fingers should not be discoloring, unless: * You are doing something bad to them ... OR * Your supplier has doinked the process, which
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 25 13:51:07 EST 1999 | Parvez PAtel
Steve i agree with u. we use kapton tapes for test puproses at our facility and they do not interfere with the printing results. Infact we sometimes use it to mask off unwanted apertures on stencil underside. But could their applcation affect the gol
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 02 11:21:29 EDT 2004 | sforman1
Use MicroCoat Technologies UV cure solder mask. will leave PCB absolutely clean. used in many PCB solder/wirebonding apps. http://www.m-coat.com
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 27 11:42:50 EST 1999 | John Zisa
| hi, | i am working towards developing a no-clean process for a customer at contract manufacturing facility. the assemblies have gold fingers on them. these are masked to prevent from any damage to them during reflow soldering. the earlier proces
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 14:26:28 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
A paint might be pretty but it won't do anything but bad for your fingers. What dave is suggesting that you run a search for is actually a spot re-plating process that you can perform with little mess or fuss. But really, find out why it happened a
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 01 17:38:24 EDT 2003 | jartman
I've faced this several times in the past, and the only real solution is to wirebond before SMT assembly. Everything leaves a residue, and trying to clean a residue off later is basically hopeless. This may require some trickery in your SMT process
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 23 03:23:09 EST 2000 | Rob Steltman
Hi We use a U-channel piece of high temperature silicon which is just pushed over the gold tabs before the soldering process. The silicon can be used over and over again. The advantages are that there is no mask on the board during the SMT process a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 13:16:40 EST 2000 | Dave F
Tony: You have choices: * Hi Temperature Tape: Go with Wolfgang ... too tough to control. * Selective Soldering Pallets: Some like 'em some don't. A lot of your success depends on the pallet fabricator. * Screenable Temporary Solder Mask: Wol
