Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 20 07:50:00 EST 2002 | aerineng
Hi, I'm an SMT refugee working in component manufacture - hey, times are hard! I've been asked by a customer to test some of my parts at high temperature on the wave - up to 360 deg Celsius. I've checked my wave and it's only capable of getting up
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 11 19:04:28 EDT 2007 | hakerem
Hi Shrek - Not sure why you think adjusting dwell time and preheats is a sales pitch, but I do appreciate your candor. These are proven, widely used techniques for attacking, eliminating and preventing the recurrence of blowholes. Since it is so ea
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 10 11:13:47 EDT 2007 | russ
Aren't the solder balls a result of the blowholes? you know the solder that came from the blowholes is now the solderballs on the resist! hahaha :-) Russ
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 27 09:28:42 EDT 2007 | jgrootkoerkamp
Thanks for all the answers. Is it also possible with lead free soldering to produce little holes in the solder that are not blowholes? We see holes where you can see the end of the hole (not very deep). The holes are always on the same places.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 14 11:56:47 EDT 2006 | russ
I think you have your pitch wrong but anyway, I have never had success with wave soldering anything less than 50 mil pitch. On a QFP I have had good luck on three sides of 25 mil but never all four sides and without defects. Mask 'em off and hand s
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 08:09:08 EST 2006 | CK the Flip
Square-leaded pin headers will typically bridge at the trailing edge (last couple of leads), since during peel-back, the solder at the trailing edge has "nowhere to go". If you have control over designs, ask your designers if they can put solder thi
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 06 15:34:34 EDT 2007 | Hussman
I assume you are ref to top side wetting. In that case you may need to spray the top side of the board with flux to get it to fill. I would suggest ceaning the board afterwards. And yes you can rerun boards through the wave several times. Most pa
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 28 20:05:54 EST 2010 | aungthura
Dear all There are alot sockets in our products,BIB.These skts are lifted abit after being solderd with wave machine.If the skts become lifted, how much tolerance of the high is acceptable? as example 1mil~5mil,or,1mil~8mil. Pls advise me. Thanks in
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 20 10:50:49 EST 2002 | dphilbrick
Kester has a special alloy for high temp soldering. Alloy 123. I would think that if you coocked 63/37 to 360c you would have a pot of dross in no time! Doug
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 08:40:57 EST 2006 | realchunks
If you have surface mount on the bottom, you can place openings between any thru-hole parts that constantly short. Your adhesive is a natural solder block!
