Electronics Forum | Thu May 20 07:53:55 EDT 1999 | Chris Nuttall
| | We care currently running into problems during our plug via process: | | At the moment we plug prior to soldermask (LPISM) using epoxy resin - plugging takes place from the component side - however we are seeing solderballs after solder level.Thi
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 11 14:48:44 EST 2010 | davef
SR1000 is commonly used for tenting. Search the fine SMTnet Archives on : tenting Someone gave us this note. We have lost their name. It seems to be good advice. If Liquid Photo Image (LPI) solder mask is required, do not tent via holes. Tenting
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 08 14:41:17 EDT 2002 | davef
See what happens when you take a couple of days off? Your theory sounds reasonable, but someone else could make an equally valid case that you are blasting your solder plug across the room with the force of the expansion of entapped air between th
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 24 15:58:52 EDT 2011 | davef
Just build-up the boards and ship them. Be sure to inform your customer about the problem that you have with their design and ask that the via be filled and plated over to prevent the problem in the production runs.
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 24 16:06:34 EDT 2011 | nkinar
Thanks for the reply, davef. Due to prototyping time constraints, I've been asked by the engineers if I could do something on the SMT line to salvage this prototype PCB. Could I do anything to connect the pad or fill the via? Much of the board h
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 08 11:53:40 EDT 2002 | yngwie
Hi Guys, We prints solder paste on via hole as the holes are used as the test points. This is a clean process. In normal production, upon completion of a primary side, board will proceed to secondary process immediately. The problem happened when
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 26 20:02:42 EST 2001 | davef
First, I don�t understand why your board fabricator can�t do a good job plugging your vias. Additionally, when you consider that they forgot to plug the first batch of boards, it makes me wonder if they are desirable as a supplier. Generally, we us
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 04 11:08:56 EST 2002 | Matt Kehoe
We have a customer that desires to have their via holes plugged with solder after assembly. Is it possible to add the via holes to the stencil and print paste into them and expect them to plug? If so, how much paste? One to one on the stencil opening
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 04 17:52:59 EST 2002 | davef
Yes, providing the surface of the via is solderable. * If so, how much paste? => Vias come in various sizes. Boards vary in thickness. So, the amount of paste to fill a via varies. Roughly, you�ll need twice as much paste as the volume of the via
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 18 15:09:36 EDT 2008 | pjc
Oops, I thought it was for components- not filling via holes. Yeah, getting it fab'd in would be the way to go I would think.
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