Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 30 11:29:13 EST 2008 | davef
People use green soldermask because people use green soldermask. In the 1950s, the US military selected green, because they liked green better than other colors. So, here we are. We believe the performance of red and blue is comparable with green. T
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 31 05:26:14 EDT 2009 | d0min0
Hello, we had similar problem in the past - when we had to change PCB supplier from a batch of hundreds of boards (NiAu plated, SnPb process) we got 2-3 boards with paste wicking to components leads what we did, was to check the thickness of gold on
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 22:50:17 EDT 2009 | monduran
Thanks Dave, I found only the speedline discontinued advice link when i first did my search. But your second link answered all the questions. The oven was sold by the time i got around visiting the dealer. I think it sold for $18K AU. I hoped whateve
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 27 10:10:23 EDT 2009 | ysutariya
I'm not in assembly, but I do know of a technology called Sipad if you are only looking to do small batches. They pre-apply the solderpaste to boards with a light adhesive, which allows you to hand-place components, even micro BGA's and fine-pitch Q
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 29 03:32:57 EDT 2009 | dilogic
We recently started to use wave-soldering. As total newbies in that field, we got successful results most of the time. Howewer, this batch of PCB's had a lot of resdiue, as shown on the picture. Most of it is most likely flux, but on some areas even
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 03 04:53:31 EDT 2009 | d0min0
to summarize - 3 components are placed on a single module x 8 on pcb - 2 anodes & 1 cathode are infected (so no component for us) - the problem does not look like wetting problem as the component and land pad is wetted, but the paste is not complete
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 31 12:37:39 EDT 2009 | rocko
Hi All, As a result of equipment damage I have a problem with a cleanliness of printed circuit assemblies. One whole production batch was polluted by ionic residues because a large amount of hard water had been penetrated in the water-supply system
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 03 13:07:35 EDT 2009 | markhoch
Can one of you fine people provide me any history on Westek or Westkleen Batch Cleaners? Does anyone know if either of these companies are still in business? Are they, or were they, the same company? Is anyone still using their cleaners? If so, what
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 04:35:13 EST 2009 | sachu_70
You can certainly venture out to the nearest lab for in-depth analyses. But since you mention 2-3% defectives in a batch, there is much you can do in-house as well. Measure the height of your solder paste deposit (in zero print gap condition)across a
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 29 21:31:46 EST 2010 | aqueous
I would recommend the following paper entitled "Cleaning for Reliability Post QFN Rework" by Mike Bixenman (Kyzen) and myself (Aqueous Technologies). While it discussed cleaning under QFN's in a batch environment, it is also applicable to cleaning u
