Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 14 16:48:34 EDT 2004 | jsmith01
Is any one else having a problem with parts that are Ni/Sn plated? The parts in question are a 1206 voltage suppressor form AVX. I am still using a stander 63/37 solder paste which is according to AVX�s web sight compatible with this plating. The
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 14 17:21:31 EDT 2004 | russ
How old are these parts? Sn/Ni plating is very succeptable to age and everything else. They are possibly tarnished. Also, what is your peak temp in reflow? It takes about 225 230 C to get good wetting to the underlying nickel. Russ
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 15 08:22:39 EDT 2004 | jsmith01
The parts are dated Mar 20 2004. My profile hits a peek of around 232-240c and is above 225 for around 30 seconds.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 15 11:08:02 EDT 2004 | russ
Well take away the easy answers! How are the parts falling off? Is the joint breaking the termination on the part or is it breaking at the solder to termination interface? Also, how long are these parts in liquidous state? and what type of paste a
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 20:36:42 EDT 2004 | russ
Well I am clueless! I have a lead free build coming up and I am going to check to see if our parts do the same thing. I will let you know. Russ
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 15 12:54:34 EDT 2004 | jsmith01
It seems like the break is happening between the sn and ni. The parts are dull in appearance will not take solder even with an iron after they come off so it leads me to believe that there is only ni left on the part. The parts are liquidous for ab
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 13:25:09 EDT 2004 | russ
have you tried a more agressive flux like water soluble to see if the problem goes away? Or can they be hand soldered with no problem? I am basically out of ideas other than a bad nickel or tin finish. The reflow profile didn't seem out of whack f
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 17 07:04:03 EDT 2004 | davef
It sounds like the parts are not soldering properly [have poor solderability]. This probably due to corroded nickel underplate caused by: * Nickel that oxidized, while awaiting overplating * Poor quality tin overplate, allowing nickel to oxidize aft
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 15:07:00 EDT 2004 | jsmith01
I ran some test samples with a water soluble past (Amatech ws488). I also tried hand soldering using an Alpha ws375 wave soldering flux and some old fashioned RMA. The results are pretty much the same. Some of the joints look a better that others b
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 11:27:36 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
I'm not on the production floor on a daily basis like the other guys here but here's my 2 cents: With a Ni/Au plating the inter-metallic that needs to be formed is Ni/Sn. Ni/Sn inter-metallic requires higher peak assembly temperature and a longer dwe
