Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 10:18:10 EST 2006 | realchunks
You're right Hussman, I kinda missed the follow thru on that one! Sorry for any confusion on my part boys. Huss, you going to APEX this year? We missed ya last year. L.A. this year....boo!
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 23 16:28:14 EDT 2007 | grics
I want to get a collective opinion from the forum... I was always under the impression that Humidity at SMT can be a disaster and can cause solder balls... But what about at the Wave/Selective solder? If every board or almost every board has solder
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 29 10:10:50 EST 2006 | M. Sanders
I'm sorry, Dave - I didn't make myself very clear. Yes, this space (not really a "gap") is filled with solid solder. For instance, if you place a gull-wing component in solder paste, after reflow, there will probably be a thin film of solidied solder
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 16:14:33 EST 2006 | darby
Maybe ask your customer where they got this idea from? It is possible they may have even got this idea from some white paper or article where they are trying to explain something else and show drawings with no solder between the pad and lead. It may
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 24 09:29:08 EDT 2007 | jgrootkoerkamp
Solder balls with wave soldering can have different causes. The two most important are the solderresist and the flux. I have similar problems, after changes the flux type 90% off all solderballs are gone. KR, Joris Groot koerkamp
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 30 15:19:56 EST 2006 | CK the Flip
Mike, dude, I feel your pain. Hearing stories like this makes my blood boil! It's almost as ridiculous as a customer who told me to put more solder paste on a MELF component to overcome noise issues - he used more solder paste as antennas to overco
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 15:10:50 EST 2006 | M. Sanders
Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of IPC-A-610 D on hand, however, I believe in IPC-610, this �floating height� between lead and pad has no maximum specification restriction. As long as there is no voiding, it is still acceptable for all 3 classes.
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 23 22:41:54 EDT 2007 | davef
Water soluable fluxes are quite hydroscopic. If you keep RH below 50 percent, solder balling caused by humidity should be minimized.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 24 12:39:59 EDT 2007 | hussman
I would say no, unless your machine is in extremeconditions. You may want to check your flux / preheat out as well. If you are leaving a lot of flux on the board at wave, it may be boiling - which can cause solder balls.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 01 19:23:15 EDT 2004 | Ken
profile it for the tin/lead paste. The tin in the solder paste will begin to disolve the sac ball. This is exactly the same scenario as 90/10 (80/20)high temp balls found on ceramic bga and many super bga devices (except the sac balls are now tin r
