Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 25 15:18:43 EDT 2005 | manish
Don, I have experienced the same thing as Russ. The fixed head systems do give the best uniformity (due to no overlap). Both Nordson and Sono-Tek offer fixed head machines that work excellent. I think the Sono-Tek system that Russ is refereeing t
Electronics Forum | Sat Dec 17 08:07:06 EST 2005 | grantp
Hi, What worries me is that a lot of people speak about what they have heard, but there is no firm facts on exactly what the situation is. I did a seminar on lead free a while ago, and was told that going lead free on the components while running l
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 08:00:26 EST 2005 | jax
What you are most likely dealing with: Insufficient Pure Sn layer ( multiple causes ) Because elevated temperatures accelerate the diffusion process, the thickness of the Pure Sn layer will reduce during every thermal cycle... ( bakeing PCBs, S
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 22 08:57:08 EST 2005 | davef
Immersion metal baths also rely on alchemy-like magic. If you take a piece of copper and dip it into an aqueous solution of silver ions: Presto Chango! Within seconds the copper will be coated with silver. Of course, there is some additional magic re
Electronics Forum | Tue May 30 13:50:40 EDT 2006 | Dragan
Hi, I ran into a problem and need a solution. It is a 3cm*4cm*1mm 2 layer PCB (6x6 panel) with a LQFP128 package Microcontroller, a resonator and 2 capacitors. What happens is: When i recieve the assembled pcbs from the assembly plant they wor
Electronics Forum | Tue May 30 17:17:08 EDT 2006 | Dragan
Hi, I ran into a problem and need a solution. It is a 3cm*4cm*1mm 2 layer PCB (6x6 panel) with a LQFP128 package Microcontroller, a resonator and 2 capacitors. What happens is: When i recieve the assembled pcbs from the assembly plant they wor
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 09 22:22:59 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, Very funny, and I feel so much better not because of your advice, but because your a Dr Dr PhD, and we all know thats more important than experience! Seriously though, so you think we should be ok with the zones we have? We are not sure, and so
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 28 17:04:52 EDT 2006 | Board House
ImSn - Immersion Tin - Not Recomended- short shelf life ImAg - Immersion Silver - Prefered Surface finsh by most Board houses, Best reworkablility, 12 moth self life, ENIG - Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold - Second Choice for Board Shops, 12 -
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 11 16:25:04 EDT 2006 | realchunks
Board fab, Defects, Pad coatings, Gold black plague articles 1 Nick Biunno's article: http://www.nukcg.org/downloadfiles/Hadco%20on%20Immersion%20Gold%20failures.pdf 2 George Milad's article: http://www.circuitree.com/ct/cda/articleinformation/featu
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 24 11:27:54 EST 2007 | bradlanger
We have been using SN100C lead free hasl for over a year now with good success. It is very solderable and has good shelf life. You do have to make sure the finish gets applied to the correct thickness. If the lead free hasl finish is not applied thic
