Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 12 01:58:44 EST 2006 | grantp
Hi, We have been soldering lead free BGA's onto products with lead based paste, and we have had no increase in defects at all. We have used a standard lead paste profile, so we are not altering the temps anything from what's recommended by the paste
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 21 02:43:07 EST 2002 | jate
Hi, Jar's quality is easier to measure. If you want to know paste viscosity etc. it's easier if you use jar. I have bad experiences about cartridges. I used cartridges for a short time but I change it back to jar because flux separated too easily in
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 07 04:24:24 EST 2002 | Yngwie
Thanks for the reply guys...It was much appreciated. On syringe or Cartridge - what about the impact of flux migration, there was a talk about, periodically we need to turn the cartridge or syringe upside down to ensure the metal content & flux are a
Electronics Forum | Mon May 14 17:16:27 EDT 2001 | slthomas
We use both, cartridges for water soluble and jars for no clean. The only reason we do is so they can't possibly (knocking on my head) mix it up. Pros: Jar - you can put paste back into it if you want to wash your stencil, change jobs after lunch,
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 14:18:32 EST 2006 | James
Billy, I have to disagree with you. We inadvertently soldered a Pb BGA with SAC305 paste and then had it micro sectioned and spectrum analyzed. Imagine our surprise when we saw the spectrum analysis showed Pb. The micro sections showed none to ac
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 10:46:24 EST 2006 | muse95
I have to disagree with you, BillyD. If Craig searches the forum, he will see that the concept of a Pbfree BGA with SnPb paste has been debated many times. You say it is fine. I say it is NOT. There have been several studies done that clearly sho
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 23 17:33:23 EST 2005 | adlsmt
Are the components 100% tin plated? Thats what we are buying and we have no problem at all soldering with the same profiles we always have used and we use the same alloy as you but different mfg. We have not had problems soldering tin plated parts wi
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 13 10:45:44 EST 2006 | muse95
The original issue was Co. does not need to go Pbfree, but some BGA's they use are only available Pbfree. They don't want to throw away Pb BGA stock, so some boards might have a combination of both Pb and Pbfree BGAs. The question basically was Shou
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 07 08:44:10 EST 2006 | billyd
Craig - You should not use the leaded parts, as you are, in all likelyhood, going to see massive voiding. We just went through this same deal where I work, because a manufacturer sent us the incorrect parts. You can go with lead free parts with regul
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 11 15:05:54 EST 2006 | Kerm
Hi Craig: I agree with muse. The problems almost always will show up later on duringg life cycles in terms of reliability problems. While the solder joints may look acceptable right after production there is no guarantee of meeting the reliability r
