Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 17 08:38:30 EST 2002 | Randy Villeneuve
Jim, In most cases if you can eliminate a process you will save money. With that in mind, an all surface mount or all through hole design is prefered. There are alternatives to that rule, like hybrid designs that can be pin and paste soldered. It al
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 07 10:54:21 EST 1999 | Steve Thomas
We're looking at redesigning our stencils to facilitate better (well, it's pretty much non-existant, so any improvement is a big leap) release from fine pitch apertures. Currently we have perpendicular walled laser cut apertures. We'll be having
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 29 11:23:54 EST 2010 | ppwlee
Smtnet, I am looking at pros and cons for automated soldering. The application is a simple multi pin through-hole soldering on a high volume manual assembly line. The goal was to eliminate defects associated with missing solder pins which goes undet
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 09 13:47:46 EST 2010 | davef
BGA rework equipment: Search the fine SMTnet Archives to find threads like: http://www.smtnet.com/Forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=48736 Use x-ray inspection to identify the obvious defects such as shorts, missing balls and gross solder voids.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 23 12:56:03 EST 2010 | vleasher
Is there any harm in washing SMT soldered with NoClean paste? The PCA has some large thru-hole connectors that we would prefer to do as water soluble on out selective solder but the SMT consists of LGA's and other low parts that we would not be able
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 24 07:28:40 EST 2010 | drt
Agree with what has been said so far. Check with your end customer and make sure the white haze appearance of the board will be acceptable. You will never get the board to look like it did before you started. It may be clean but it won't look like t
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 24 10:23:04 EST 2010 | xps
60° C). Moreover (by IPC standard)... "White residues resulting from no-clean or other processes are acceptable provided the residues from chemistries used have been qualified and documented as benign...". So, use an EDX or IC analysis in order to
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 25 03:37:25 EST 2010 | xps
Sorry, but I don't know this brand. Anyway pay attention, because if the chemistry is resin based, is difficult to clean and the residuals may be hygroscopic. So, I only can suggest you to read the data sheet and follow the instructions by the solder
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 25 15:24:58 EST 2010 | jdumont
We use the OM-5100 and wash it with relatively good results. Just dont let it sit longer than a few days before wash. We've used Zestron AC200 and A-250 in a batch cleaner set to 140 wash temp for 8-10 min @ the recommended concentrations. We have h
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 25 10:21:49 EST 2010 | jdumont
My guess would be that the adhesive used on the dots contains silicone. We use 1B73 which is also acrylic and it hates silicone. We use silicone RTV to permanently mask around some connectors and unless its fully cured before coating it will cause l
