Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 04 16:33:40 EST 2009 | davef
Your specification for all PCB suppliers of 'solder mask over bare copper using LPI on external layers (green)' is broad and open to the use of material from many possible LPI suppliers by your board fabricator. In at least one case, it appears that
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 20 02:09:23 EST 2009 | nibirta
Hi all, I have a question regarding some wave pallets having metallic traces of Titanium. The solder mask is blistering in some locations on the PCB and I am wondering if this Titaniumn may have an influence by incresing locally the temp. Also we ar
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 18 09:25:16 EDT 2009 | ysutariya
There's not really a good answer except that I think that the industry wasn't really prepared for such an increased use of white soldermask combined with the importance of using the white as a reflecting surface. Essentially, the resins commonly u
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 27 11:35:07 EDT 2009 | davef
There are many possibilities: * Conformal coat is incompatible with surface residue on the board * Conformal coat is incompatible with solder mask on the board * Moisture is out-gassing from the board * Conformal coat is too thick and does not allow
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 22:52:18 EDT 2009 | davef
Top picture: We're not wild about the 'poor registration,' the differing thickness of the solder mask, and the crud all over the board. But, then again, we don't have a basis for rejection. Bottom picture: No basis for rejection Help us out, what do
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 16 13:22:48 EDT 2010 | stepheniii
Have you tried running a few bare boards through the oven? If there is no flux on them and you still get the "stains" then I think you can eliminate the flux as the cuprit. And I've been told that white is the second most difficult solder mask colou
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 10 15:21:46 EDT 2010 | tanderson
I'm having problems with Quad QSP-2 pick n place machines recognizing fiducials. We are cleaning the fiducials, but that's tedious and time consuming ( I don't know anyone who routinely cleans them). We have solder mask clearance around the fiducials
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 30 11:30:46 EDT 2010 | babe7362000
Take a few parts from the reel and look close at > the parts to make sure the bottom surface of the > leads is below the bottom surface of the body. Yes I did that and they are below the body. I found the problem I think. The solder mask is abo
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 18:25:42 EDT 2012 | boriskilk
We have picked up a new customer who is insisting on Ionic cleanliness less than 6.45u grams/cm2 when measured in accordance with OPC-TM-650 Method 3.26.1 with measurements made immediately prior to solder mask application. This is the first request
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 09 22:42:38 EDT 2012 | davef
You're correct. It hinges on who's talking about a "production printed board." * You think a "production printed board" is the board that you're trying to produce and ship. * Your fab thinks a "production printed board" is a 30-up panel. It would be
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