Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 11:12:48 EST 2006 | billwestiet
The ONLY (unlikely) cause I could think of is if you are pushing the component into the solder, ending up with more solder on one side than the other. Why do you think it is the volume of solder that is causing this? By the way, there are "low tomb
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 27 11:13:44 EDT 2012 | mosborne1
We are seeing PLCC socket leads not soldered in our SMT process. We are using a KIC thermal profiling device and we are on 50% greem light process window. All other solder joints on the board looks great. The solder flowed what looks like perfect on
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 11 17:09:27 EST 2000 | Michael Parker
Get a profiler for your oven. To say "we are not sure" and "we think it might..." shows you are running with a WAG (Wild Ass Guess). Not a good place to be if you intend to produce anything reliable, with quality. Run your profile and verify that yo
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 29 20:19:44 EST 2001 | davef
DON'T do it!!! The two problems you'll have are: 1 Poor manufacturing process control, resulting in weak solder connections. 2 Weak solder connections are stressed, when the board is straightened upon installation in the "box". There's several hits
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 04 15:42:03 EST 2002 | nwyatt
There are several implications: - some lead free alloys do not form an acceptable solder joint when used with lead contaning paste. (ie. Bismuth) - if you use both lead free and lead containing components, you will have different solder joint compos
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 18 18:02:31 EDT 2005 | seaK
Thanks for the response..... The solder is actually printed okay prior to SMT.... And after placing, found missing solders at middle terminals of 0408 resistor arrays.... Package library is checked, component spec looks fine... I am suspecting the
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 05 12:45:45 EDT 2001 | Claude_Couture
On mixed technology PCBs, we find numerous blow holes on the solder joints of radial parts (electrolytics, LEDs, etc). The solution that works so far is to cut the leads very long in the radial inserter so that the part is kinda loose and the air in
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 16 15:10:56 EST 2002 | Randy Villeneuve
We do not bake any of our boards prior to wave solder. If we did we would have one heck of a large oven. I would assume you are concerned about moisture sensitive components. In most cases your top side parts should only get to 80 degrees centigarde
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 09 20:52:34 EST 2010 | ppcbs
Yes, we have had this happen with certain solder masks over the years. Hot air gun is the best solution we can find if the oven doesn't do it. Back in the day when we had a vapor degreasor, freon based solvents would also remove the clouding. Let
Electronics Forum | Thu May 05 08:14:45 EDT 2011 | kahrpr
Where black pad exists, it is not a common problem. When I read it is totally random I doubt that. You have defiantly something going on that is unique with the process. It is either your board manufacturer or your solder paste or your profile. It c
