Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 03 11:59:01 EST 2002 | slthomas
We haven't run a profile yet....probably because we're a-feared to. We can't do topside preheating here to any degree because we use an aluminum plate for aligning hundreds of top side through-hole components (pots, switches, buttons, LEDs) that te
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 02 21:32:34 EST 2002 | davef
Sounds like you're killing the poor little critters. Tell us about: * Placement force. * Reflow method. * Where and how you are measuring your reflow recipe. * Cooling rate of the reflow recipe. * How the solder connection to the metalization appear
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 20 17:01:23 EST 2002 | davef
The rice and soup mix illustrate the point that you probably should NOT be using the lead shot mentioned in the initial post on this thread. The oxide powder on the lead shot could work its way to the surface of the "bag", get onto troops' hands, an
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 18 08:19:00 EST 2002 | cyber_wolf
One thing that will also cause this is very slight stencil mis-alignment. Sometimes the paste will have a tendency to hang up in the apertures if you are over hanging just a little on the solder mask. Some solder mask are very slick and will not pull
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 16 15:00:56 EST 2002 | sueph
We have always baked our assembled boards prior to wave solder, but have recently learned that there are some companies out there who don't. I checked with one of my supervisors, and he said that baking is recommended but not required. I'm wonderin
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 09 10:58:30 EST 2003 | soupatech
Thanks for the input.... I ordered a 5 mil stencil AND used more tooling under the board. This gave me a much smaller deposit of solder. I wouldn't swear that was my problem but 96 boards later the problem is 99% gone. I believe there was just too mu
Electronics Forum | Sun Jan 19 10:25:54 EST 2003 | davef
You shouldn't freak. You want the pads on both sides of the BGA ball the same so that the torgue from changes in dimension due to different CTE [ie, interposer, solder, bare board, etc.] is balanced on the top and the bottom of the ball. So, the ma
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 21 11:03:15 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi You already received good answers. A thing to remember is the components and the PCB. How high you go above 63/37's 183C should be limited to create a good solder joint. Too long creates problems since the components and the PCB start to be he
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 24 17:00:56 EST 2003 | razan3
RMA needs to be dry prior to the wave to work. If coverage is good and part orientation is good, then you should be okay. Pad size can be adding to the amount of material left as well. Granted it soldered before fine with .2 long leads, I would di
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 31 14:06:09 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Wow, I can't imagine this set up. No wonder some of us were coming from opposing directions. My thoughts would be to buy another pot if needed and not go to N2. Do you have a site that we could look at the dynamics of this N2 air knife/ solder
