Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 12 13:42:19 EST 2011 | dwonch
Hi All, I'm hoping there is a PCB expert or two hanging around. We're having some solderability issue on our boards. The finish is ENIG but it doesn't seem to be related to the finish process itself. We did SEM and EDX analysis and found aluminum an
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 16:57:46 EDT 2007 | jmelson
Canyou see this contamination? Is it solder beads, flux or something else? If flux, then more cleaning should help, either more time, more cycles through the cleaner, etc. If it is solder beads that are not melted to the rest of the solder, then s
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 17:00:34 EDT 2007 | jmelson
Oh, sure, on fine-pitch parts you need a microscope or at least a good magnifier. But, OK, you have some kind of contamination. Solder is one thing, but where are these stainless, aluminum and copper particles coming from? Stainless makes me think
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 17:52:06 EDT 2007 | swag
Are you talking about problems with your product or your SMT/wave solder equipment?
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 16:45:37 EDT 2007 | losersk8er
The Contamination has proven to be pretty random, lots of stainless steel though in fact two cases in the past two days. As far as I know all machinery is cleaned regularly as well, even the stencil washer itself. The boards we make are 90% (at l
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 14:46:13 EDT 2007 | losersk8er
I'm new to the website so if I don't sound like I know what I'm talking about I probably don't. But I am having a great problem at work with conductive contamination that bridges two leads and shorts out the IC, causint costly repair. I have been t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 16:14:20 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Scott, Hard to tell what kind of problem you really have. I guess you need to describe your process first. What kind of process are you using. Wave solder, reflow solder, etc.. What kind of flux are you using to solder with? Vaccum? What ar
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 06 18:40:25 EST 2009 | davef
While you're waiting for others to reply, look here: http://www.smtnet.com/Forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=13874&mc=19
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 09:43:16 EDT 2007 | lococost
wow, never heard of such a thing! Are you sure it's allways different types of material? Are you using a washer that isnt cleaned regular? I would check your product step by step, from bare PCB to finished product to find out where exactly in your
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 08:42:14 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Scott, Here is another thought. Check your wave solder machine visually. Does the wave flow on both sides of the nozzle? If not, you may have some dross build-up which may be causing your problem. Generally it will only happen on the very fir
