Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 14:14:03 EDT 2008 | gregoryyork
Yes why did the Electroless Nickel layer split this is the ROOT cause. My guess is still that the resist was slightly miss registered over the copper and therefore poor adhesion of the Nickel ensued OR like I said originally the resist had contaminat
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 14:39:30 EDT 2008 | vladig
No, we didn't do the test you mentioned, but did EDS on the joints and didn't see carbon their (which would indicate the presence of any organic-based contaminant). For the customer the issue was closed and passed to the board shop. We did work with
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 12:52:04 EDT 2008 | circleprime
I have recently started to use RMA flux (customer requirement) for some of our projects. I am finding that some of my BGAs are slightly off. Not enough to be rejected but enough to cause concern. In the past I have been able to rely on the surface te
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 09:30:20 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
Omid, No-clean fluxes need to be used right out of the can without thinning. In the past with RA and RMA fluxes you could adjust or thin them to your desired density because they had plenty of solids up to 30%. No-Clean fluxes have a lot lower solid
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 12:03:54 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
My people said I was needed again here on The Forum. Thanks Mr Head for the goddos on wave soldering. It's a hard process to grasp and not every one nows how to adjust eveything properly. I can tell you regognize expertise when you see it. That s
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 16:03:08 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
I guess you're adding the gas to keep the fingers clean - sounds likeyou got your threads mixed up on the Forum. Any way I would suggest not doing this. Gas is pretty flammable. I have pix of one our Hollis cleaning machines going up in flames cau
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 30 11:42:49 EDT 2008 | davef
Some immersion silver [IAg] products can go brown with aging. On a newly plated board, we expect you to see Ag, C, & O. The amount will vary according to supplier and thickness. Questions are: * How uniform is the brown coloration of the IAg on the
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 03 07:39:19 EDT 2008 | pjc
You may not be getting enough exhaust pull, so the cooling modules over temp. Try swapping blower motors to isolate that before buying one. STANDARD AIR OPERATION: - Load-end: 150 cfm (255 m3/hr) at the 4� (102 mm) stack (minimum requirement) - Unlo
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 03 16:59:13 EDT 2008 | glennster
At a former employer we required HASL thicknes to be a minimum of 0.75 micron (30 microinches), as measured at the thinnest point on any given pad. This would generally assure a minimum 1 year solderability shelf life. Usually when we saw a soldera
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 07:42:52 EDT 2008 | lloyd
Can you provide a bit more info on your machine setup. I not full fimilar with the S-27 so a few points may not be relevant to your machine. Are you using Siplace Pro. Are you using the standard GF for the 0201 component. Do you have the component
