Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 11 05:26:55 EDT 2008 | gersla
Hi All We are looking for not expensive solution for misprint PCB cleaning for both one and double side assemblies. We have tried different ways and cleaning solutions like: IPA, Vigon Zestron SD300, Vigon SC200 by deep the boards in to stainless ste
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 13 17:39:27 EDT 2008 | awegener
In light of this new information I've received from everybody's comments, I'd like to get more information about pick and place nozzles. How can I learn more? ... What do the nozzles look like? Are there different shapes? What kind might you r
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 14 10:54:21 EDT 2008 | diesel_1t
Comments are: * Link you posted to your brush > actually connects to a general catalog page. * > Not sure what solders your friend was using, but > pastes leave different residues that affect > probing. Some are soft and gooey, others are hard >
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 14 16:18:08 EDT 2008 | mbnetto
Hello I'm mounting a notebook board with the memory conector manufactured by CONCRAFT. We are facing some soldability problems with this conector because some ground leads don't solder on the pads. I tried 4 different brand of solder paste, tried to
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 14:24:54 EDT 2008 | boardhouse
Paul, I would do two things, eval whole lot for any etching issues as shown above and scrap and two I would have your copper thickness checked, my guess your copper plating will be low. Check plating thickness in Via holes - if less then 8/10th's r
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 29 10:23:30 EDT 2008 | vladig
Everyone has been playing a guess game so far :-) but we don't even know what the lead finish is:-) Even old (Sn-Pb finish) days, the ammount of Pb in the plating would be on a single digit level (just to mitigate Sn-whiskers growth), meaning that th
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 10 12:44:55 EDT 2008 | vladig
Well, it wasn't as easy to figure out the root cause. The last image is below. It shows how the board finish looks like (the trace was under solder mask). AS you can see, the layer of E-Ni is spliting (the board shop admitted the problem afterwards).
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 29 14:57:24 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
What, Listen. Everyone know wave solders catch fire from time to time. I've only been a part of these fires a coupel times. Less than the number of fingers on my hands, so I don't think it's any different then anyone elses. Plus I havn't pulled o
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 03 19:54:23 EDT 2008 | vladig
Well, I'm not a sale person whatsoever. I'm a purely technical guy (even PhD :-)) who has been with the industry for quite a few years and I know very well what intermetallics means and how thck it should be for different board finishes and solders
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 05 13:33:28 EDT 2008 | jmiller
We are having problems with relay package seals cracking and moisture intrusion in power relays on thru-hole assemblies. we use a few different brands of thru-hole relays, we are using a sn-pb process right now and just going to lead-free. the contra