Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 13 21:59:42 EST 2007 | davef
This processes has the potential to cause barrel cracking and pad lifting, because the heating is very hot [troop crank-up the volume on their iron when they see thick boards] for a relatively small area on one side of the board. What do we suggest
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 02 08:52:20 EST 2001 | markkrmp
Are your voids looking like blow holes also? Is this only occurring on the solder joints of the Thru Hole components and Via's? Or does this happen on SMD pads? My experience is that we have seen this but only with some of our older PCB's which are
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 25 11:18:45 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| Hello all, | | Been doing some comparisons on joints made using the soldering iron versus reflowed solder paste (on a QFP package). The difference is quite significant: the joints made by the soldering iron are inconsistent and in many cases not
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 03 16:40:24 EST 2006 | Mike
At my last employer, we ran a number of tests to make a "Hybrid" profile work (same profile Joe lists) . It worked great for everything but BGAs. The problem (6 months ago) was using parts not rated for lead free reflow temps. As the market fills wit
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 20 12:48:40 EST 2001 | tony_sauve
We recently experienced a problem w/voids (up to 65%) in uBGA solder joints. The only joints that have the problem correlated to pads which had blind 0.006" via's in them. The via's only extend down 2 layers, of the 18. 21 BGA's on the PCB, only expe
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 22 12:56:12 EST 2001 | tony_sauve
Thanks for the comments & suggestions. Here's some info garnered from a telecon w/the PCB Fab house: -the blind via's extend from layer 2-17...this was a revelation. The info from our customer was that the via's only extended down 2 layers. Did I men
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 19 15:34:20 EDT 2007 | davef
What are you trying to do: * Improve hole fill? * Reduce PTH voiding? Hole fill: Search the fine SMTnet Archives for stuff like: http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=36063 PTH voiding: Ideally, there are no voids. We're unawar
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 18 11:23:10 EDT 2007 | Learn From U
Hi All, Via X-rays, we found solder voids appear on PTH location, especially on Dimm connectors area. We think this should be related to PCB issue as we found solder unable to fill up the PTH hole during bare board testing at wave soldering machi
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 16:22:00 EDT 2009 | davef
It's not the first thing we think of in looking at your picture. First off, the lack of copper in the region of the red oval makes us think of a plating defect. We don't expect that moisture out-gassing through the barrel wall to show-up on opposite
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 18 11:20:08 EDT 2008 | pjc
Stencil apertures are cut to deposit solderpaste onto the annular ring, provided its wide enough. Then you can place a solder preform if needed to ensure there is enough solder to fill the barrel. Here is some information on solder preforms: http://
