Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 05 21:07:09 EDT 2012 | davef
Probably they had a problem with a certain product, tried baking, the problem went away and ever since there stuck with this money loosing process. So, ... * Write up a plan to split a couple of batches, bake a portion of each batch, don't bake the o
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 08:03:54 EDT 2012 | cobham1
I appreciate all the feedback. The reason I was asking the question is because we have an internal documnet that states we need to bake for 16 hours after the boards are cleaned. This just seemed to long for what little moisture is really removed. I
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 06 05:28:59 EDT 2012 | jsolloway
..... that's very strange. If there were any risk of de-lamination then it would of occurred during the reflow process, surely. Unless the through hole department are using heat guns or wave sodler? I doubt if the sales or planning team are happy if
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 10 11:08:39 EST 2005 | mrgman9999
We are having a problem with popcorning of a plastic BGA that has been under careful humidity control. We have had problems in the past and some have been related to too much trapped internal solvents from the die attach epoxy. We did a life time b
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 10 16:14:17 EST 2005 | fmonette
Hi Gary, With plastic BGAs it is more difficult to remove the trapped moisture because of ground planes in the substrate. If your parts have been sitting around for a long time they may be soaked with moisture and in some cases the 48 hours bake cy
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 11:56:20 EDT 2012 | hegemon
You might try to complete all your soldering within a 72 hour or less time frame. For all intents treat your board like a moisture sensitive component after you have baked and completed SMT reflow. Wash, blow dry, and go direct to stuffing and com
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 25 04:17:51 EDT 2006 | aj
Thanks for reply, I am mainly concerned when we run a batch of say 200 out of a kit of 400. due to part shortages we might have to revisit the remainder a few weeks later. Its these boards that concern me. we use enig boards. aj...
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 24 15:54:13 EDT 2006 | davef
It depends. What is: * Storage environment and period * Board laminate, epoxy, and copper thickness of PTH * Down stream process * Etc FR4 0.062" thick boards absorb between 0.08 to 0.1%Wt of moisture within a 24 hour period, and 0.2 to 0.23%Wt in
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 29 08:11:12 EDT 2006 | davef
"... we've coerced Josh into driving us out to Watson's bay, braving the horrendous parking situation, to visit Doyle's." Good for you, but you could be parking on a sinkhole: http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ozsvath/images/winter_park_sinkhole.htm
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 30 16:30:55 EST 2006 | GS
Hi James, it could be the problem is due to residual of cleaner media entrapped under low gap of QFP 208 and 0,5 mm lead pitch. I remember in the past we had random problems of failure at test after board wash off process (DI Water wash). We met
