Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 02 08:09:51 EDT 2006 | Steve Gregory
Go to: http://www.hunterproducts.com/micro-metallizer.htm It's great system and you don't ever have to worry about spilling the solution.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 14:18:21 EST 2010 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 14 09:36:49 EST 2000 | Richard
If the gold fingers are pad types which plug into expansion slot connectors, I have used a titanium guard attached to the wave conveyor over the solder pot, which allows the PCB to connect to the fingers but masks the solder from the gold pads along
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 08:58:02 EDT 2003 | cyber_wolf
I need something that is very thin so I can screen print while the fingers are protected. We have tried cleaning the fingers prior to shipment, but our customer tells us that even alcohol leaves enough residue to cause problems.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 06:43:06 EDT 2003 | cyber_wolf
We are currently producing a board for a customer that has about 400 gold fingers that get wire bonded after the assy. leaves our facility. We have tried many different approaches to ensure that we are not getting solder on the gold fingers. Nothing
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 14 15:02:16 EST 2000 | John Thorup
Second the motion for the Stevens Products covers. They call them Gold Fingers Gloves and they are a pull-truded fibreglass product that comes in sticks. You hacksaw them to the length needed. We have many that have been through the wave thousands o
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 11:36:57 EDT 2003 | Ron
Have you considered a temporary water washable solder mask. Elvaway solder mask tapes have been protecting Gold Fingers during soldering and simply wash away in a water wash process and leaves no residue.
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 | Tue Nov 30 17:32:37 EST 2004 | russ
If you are lucky, you might be able to chip the solder off the fingers with an Exacto knife and then polish it up with a pink eraser. This does work if the solder on the fingers isn't wetted very well. Russ
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
