Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 17 19:01:45 EST 2007 | bbarton
As someone with a LOT of experience with the "low cost" alternative alloys, primarily SACX, I have one simple question....Are these shorts a new phenomena? WAS your process in control, and all of a sudden it's not? If the answer is YES, take a look a
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 21:44:05 EST 2008 | davef
We believe that tip tinners reduce the life of the tip, also. Why do you use such a product? We like using solder paste to clean solder tips. Place expired solder paste in a covered container. Open container and dip the tip. It comes out clean and s
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 16 14:46:38 EST 2008 | slthomas
We've got an auto fuse clip (a pair of tin/nickle spade type receptacles joined with a nylon bridge piece) giving us fits. The pins on this thing have a right angle profile (symmetrical "L" shape) and make great flux traps. No amount of tweaking pre
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 10 20:27:50 EST 2008 | jmelson
As long as it doesn't have a thermal pad soldered under the package, it shouldn't be a big problem. Small, pointed iron, stereo zoom microscope if you can find one, or a head-mounted magnifier. Lots of light. Rest the heel of your hand on the boar
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 12 17:57:42 EST 2008 | chef
I must ask the silly question- are you sure you deposited the correct amount of paste? Depending on aperature design-the voiding could come from a stencil that has its holes partially built up with old paste. If paste volume is guaranteed, then what
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 14:22:07 EST 2008 | stevek
Are you using nocleans, especially when you get to SMT? Years ago, I had OA wave flux get into vias that were plugged from the top under parts. It is really difficult to clean small, high aspect ratio vias. Cross sections showed that the copper in
Electronics Forum | Wed May 21 13:59:19 EDT 2008 | pjc
Here's what I've seen for no-clean flux applications: Leaded: Dwell Time is? 2 - 3 seconds Top side board temp max? If some small SMT parts reflow are we too hot? 110 to 120C top side board temp just before hitting the wave(s) Pot temp. 245C Lea
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 18 14:36:17 EDT 2008 | proy
I have a QFN which we are adding after process. (it was not available the day we ran the 4 prototypes.) We have removed most of the solder on all the pads, My plan was that a LITTLE solder on the center pad would wet and center the device (using a g
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 02 15:29:36 EDT 2008 | bvdl
small pads like 0402 tend to get hot quite easily. looks like excessive heat is your problem here. pads are wetted, component leads are not. this means solder paste flux on top layer was exhausted before entering in reflow. your profile is the 'in-be
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 07:32:06 EDT 2008 | realchunks
I've been there. Soldering no lead parts in a leaded world can be difficult. Sounds like you are not wetting to your parts becasue you ar enot getting hot enough. Here's the trick - you can turn up your profile to look like a no-lead profile, and
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