Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 08 22:27:52 EST 2007 | jkhiew
Did the PTH barrel ends in massive copper clad ? If yes this type of poor thermal layout topside heating is often recommended.
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 10:37:53 EST 2007 | ck_the_flip
Bruce, Does the thicker barrel plating for "RoHS-Rated" PCBs alleviate some of the copper dissolution that one might experience from SAC305? Also, for those SN100c experts out there, is Sn100c less likely to dissolve copper?
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 18 14:38:51 EDT 2008 | floydf
Real Chunks, Does "aperture opening 100% same size as the via" mean, aperature the same size as the hole, or the barrel of the via. If that makes any sense. Thanks
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 15 17:40:42 EDT 2008 | bandjwet
Dear SMTNetters: What are some favorite techniques for getting all of the solder from a plated throughhole on a heavy ground plane area? We are using a SAC 405 alloy. Regards BWET
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 11 19:24:55 EST 2008 | gregoryyork
some lead free solders do not flow well and need encouragment. what are you using solder/flux wise and machine/settings including dwell times cheers greg
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 12 09:32:57 EST 2008 | patrickbruneel
Greg, You say �some lead free solders do not flow well� Are there lead free solders that flow as good as conventional leaded solders?
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 12 10:00:57 EST 2008 | gregoryyork
Hi Patrick Yes we have some that you cant tell the difference. BUT machine set up and angle are extremely important with Lead Free as is the dosing alloy. Cheers Greg
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 12 11:58:19 EST 2008 | gregoryyork
Hi Patrick We get this with the right settings in a small machine without Nitrogen Nice picture of yours as well Cheers Greg
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 18 18:21:34 EST 2008 | gregoryyork
Hi Peter Its looks on a par with mine so not bad at all but our alloy is considerably cheaper than SAC305 and significantly shinier We used our 10-75-30-R VOC free flux with topside of 100 - 105C Cheers Greg
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 14 17:10:37 EDT 2010 | hegemon
Heck, now I look up and see this is SMTdotNET. Do I get banned for asking a TH question? So here's my first real TH issue after living so long in the SMT world. We are having a sudden issue in what has been a stable process for quite some time. I