Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 10:16:49 EDT 2006 | russ
Clean up!, check all conveyors for paste, the printer, oven. If you are splattering in the oven than you need a better profile or better paste, one of the two, maybe both. Hope was helpful Russ
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 18 11:49:24 EDT 2006 | slthomas
How does your profile fit the paste manufacturer's specs? It sounds like you could be ramping up a little fast and boiling your non-metal constituents.
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 09:53:57 EDT 2001 | edylc
Hi Thrasher7, We called it wash boards, any misprint from screen printer was at tight control ..and those wash boards when being flow down to the line have an identifier /marker , is a matter on isolation of the problem..... But I still can't think
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 05 20:43:27 EST 2001 | davef
1 Solder on gold fingers comes from: 1a About 70 % of the time it's caused by poor cleaning of screen printer, staging area (table), conveyor, reflow oven chain or belt, and keeping boards separate from cleaning process 1b After loading paste onto
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 20 05:04:30 EDT 2006 | bing007
We had a similar problem with gold contact pads. Cleanliness is paramount. If you are using foil tensioning system, wash the foil in a stencil wash before use as the cardboard cassettes may be contaminated. Be very careful when loading into a frame f
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 29 23:46:51 EDT 2003 | daman
Hello everybody, We have a new product having a lot of open gold area. solder splashes during the reflow is a pain in the... Its an extremely small PCB and kapton taping is not an option. Stencil is at 10% reduction, Cleaning after every cycle. Reflo
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 30 17:32:37 EST 2004 | russ
If you are lucky, you might be able to chip the solder off the fingers with an Exacto knife and then polish it up with a pink eraser. This does work if the solder on the fingers isn't wetted very well. Russ
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 18 12:02:59 EDT 1998 | zambri
| Hi, | Need some advice on how to eliminate or reduce the solder on finger that we are having right now. So far what we understand is that 90% of the problem is due to the reflow process where solder traps in vias causing explosion when subj
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 27 21:10:10 EDT 1998 | D.Lange
| Hi, | Need some advice on how to eliminate or reduce the solder on finger that we are having right now. So far what we understand is that 90% of the problem is due to the reflow process where solder traps in vias causing explosion when subj
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 28 02:28:48 EDT 1998 | Bob Willis
The causes for solder on gold are: Paste wash offs Dirty stencils Dirty under stencil cleaning cloths/no solvent Poor handling The most common reason is wash offs when there is a couple of balls left on the tabs and they reflow. With correct profile