Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 09:20:29 EST 2010 | jrr3434
Is there anyway to get solder off gold fingers besides replating them?
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 16:16:17 EST 2010 | stepheniii
My old boss bought some stuff to clean the lead off of gold fingers. At least that is what he thought it did. What it really did was remove the gold fingers. And quite well I might add. The short answer to your question is no. And if you replate mak
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 14:18:21 EST 2010 | davef
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Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 28 17:46:44 EDT 1999 | Gary Kemp
My company manufactures memory modules and I'm finding solder specs on the gold fingers following the reflow process. We are using a no-clean solder paste. The spec sheet warns against crossing the 140 degree C mark during the soak stage, preventin
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 31 14:51:31 EDT 2006 | bhu
Can anyone suggest a supplier for gold solution when replating gold fingers that had solder on them?
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 13 12:07:24 EST 2000 | Tony Nirchi
Gold finger connector over a wave solder, what would be the best way to protect the fingers from solder.This is a high volume job.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 11:36:57 EDT 2003 | Ron
Have you considered a temporary water washable solder mask. Elvaway solder mask tapes have been protecting Gold Fingers during soldering and simply wash away in a water wash process and leaves no residue.
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 28 18:14:51 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
Try looking for paste contamination somewhere. Dirty stencil, printer table or fixtures. Placement table/fixtures. Reflow belt/conveyer. Reuseable finger covers, if used. Try covering the fingers with Kapton tape during different stages of the proc
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 25 06:43:06 EDT 2003 | cyber_wolf
We are currently producing a board for a customer that has about 400 gold fingers that get wire bonded after the assy. leaves our facility. We have tried many different approaches to ensure that we are not getting solder on the gold fingers. Nothing
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 04 09:29:21 EDT 1998 | Chrys
I have gold fingers that I want to mask when running over the wave without pallets. They're on the leading edge of the board. I recall seeing rubber boots that slid onto the fingers to mask them. Pop 'em on before the wave; pop' em off after and r
