Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 30 23:45:23 EDT 2006 | ppcbs
Since BGA's are sensitive to contamination in the plating process, I always do a simple solderability test whenever we receive a new batch of boards. Take a board from the batch, apply no clean flux on the BGA site, then try to tin the pads with a m
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 30 23:45:40 EDT 2006 | ppcbs
Since BGA's are sensitive to contamination in the plating process, I always do a simple solderability test whenever we receive a new batch of boards. Take a board from the batch, apply no clean flux on the BGA site, then try to tin the pads with a m
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 05 07:23:34 EDT 2006 | Chris
Hi all experts, I have no background about PCB or SMT process. I am now encountering some issues after SMT - Unstable stitch bonding condition. I am now suspecting some contaminants remain on lead after cleaning. Therefore, how can I check th
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 | Sat Aug 11 13:37:02 EDT 2007 | shing
I am a fresh SMT engineer. I am now facing a problems, solder contamination on Golden Finger nearly about 1 year. I don't know what going on. I have checked the cleaningness of stencil, solder paste handling,IR re-flow profile and even PCB surface
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 12 20:46:16 EDT 2007 | Mag10
We've configured SMT and Wave lines such that each line can run either No-Clean and Water soluble process. As we are doing cleanliness study, an observation is there may be cross contamination when we share the Rework benches or PCB trays between No-
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 08:49:34 EST 2008 | rgduval
Get the ionic specs from your flux manufacturer, and show it to the designer. No-clean flux/solder is supposed to be low to minimal in ionic contamination, which allow the whole no-clean thing. If he needs further proof, you can have the board io
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 18 11:43:05 EST 2011 | rway
What type of contamination is it? Flux residue or something else? If you are having contamination issues, you have a problem with your process. Simply washing the boards or using a roller may fix the problem, but you are treating the symptom, not
Electronics Forum | Fri May 18 13:08:19 EDT 2012 | blnorman
I'll chime in here as well. If you have adhesion problems, 90% of the time it's contamination on the substrate (soldermask, flux residues, cleaner residues, etc.). Like Dave said, omega meter is a test for gross cleanliness, and it's OK for process
