Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 18:27:58 EDT 2008 | dyoungquist
Here is a post of the current profile. I have contacted our solder paste provider. They give a general lead free reflow profile guide. All that shows is genreral recomendations for temperature ranges and time ranges in each section of a typical
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 11:13:53 EDT 2008 | janz
Have you tried to run the same process but with diffrent solder paste manufacturer.? This give you information whether paste is ok. Try also print paste on the bare board and run through reflow oven. Check 2-3 boards. Is it the same places where i
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 02 12:49:07 EDT 2008 | markhoch
Out for reballing??? The LGA's that I'm familiar with do not have balls. Pull them off with a BGA rework station. Clean up the part and PCB by carefully removing extraneous solder, paste the PCB, (or the bottomside of the LGA itself) and replace. Ref
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 29 07:22:05 EDT 2008 | realchunks
Omid, Try changing your profile. I had the exact same thing happen to me in 2006. Eventually I had to change my paste. No lead parts can and DO have a different finish that Pb parts. Why do you think the rest of the world increased their oven te
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 01 09:49:54 EDT 2008 | allan99
I told a friend this problem, and he also thinks the problem is the component, and suggested a different solder paste (more acid), maybe you can ask your supplier for a sample and orientation. Until there I think you have to rework if its only one co
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 03 17:09:23 EDT 2008 | glennster
Omid, In some cases we have been able to restore acceptable solderability by dipping the leads (one side at a time) in an active flux and then re-tinning. Usually a good visual inspection after tinning would reveal whether this was going to work.
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 09 19:35:26 EDT 2008 | vladig
OK. Here it goes. It's a series images taken after cross-sectionning one of the components. I hope that it's obvious now that teh "knob turning" technique wouldn't work that time around :-) I have one more image in my "back pocket", which explains
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 08:31:55 EDT 2008 | grics
Sorry for the confusion... "WML" is a who... Wave Master Larry... He is a person on the forum who has a degree from Soltec? I don't remember... I was hoping he would have left a comment or some info that we could all learn by. (I am not sure how thi
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 28 12:18:03 EDT 2008 | grics
Why yes, I regognize all the best. WML, I have an idea... I am going to call it, the Dunker. Instead of anyone foaming, I will get the wave operators to throw the boards into a rubbermaid tub full of flux/gasoline mixture and send through to the wav
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 18:28:29 EDT 2008 | blnorman
We have an immersion silver board that has a brown discoloration after processing. It's not flux residue, that normally doesn't cause this condition. Elemental analysis shows less than 1% sulfur, and I thought silver sulfide is more a black color.
