Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 04 09:02:17 EST 2003 | davef
Q1. What is the recommended stencil thickness to apply the proper amount of solder for 0603 components? A1. The proper amount of solder is determined by: * Metal content of the solder paste. * Stencil thickness. * Aperture opening. * Other factors,
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 07 11:19:55 EDT 2006 | muse95
Technically speaking, most likely yes it will work, unless possibly it is a BGA. There are issues surrounding BGA's. Here are some of the general issues: On any type of component, if the Pbfree solder you are using contains bismuth, then the Pb in
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 08 08:55:24 EDT 2007 | davef
We expect to see a copper shadow along the edge of pads when soldering boards with organic solderability protection [OSP]. IPC-A-610 has defined this as acceptable for years. During early reflow stages, the flux in paste dissolves the OSP where ther
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 08 07:33:23 EST 2007 | hussman
Why? Just use IPC on finished solder joints as your guide. I've seen groups of people puts hundreds of hours into this task and then tell me a 3 mil stencil is all I need. After reflow, none of the solder joints meet IPC Class 1 and a lot of tombs
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 23 08:28:16 EST 2008 | orian
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Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 12 10:26:52 EDT 2015 | eniac
My greetings to all. Time to time I receive the next results of modems soldering: http://i.piccy.info/i9/71ae4c358c6e4bc3f1cbf140495bc437/1444660170/135005/872954/GL868_7.jpg or http://i.piccy.info/i9/d1181be142e285a39b49b81d37bde72a/1444660270/1
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 30 09:33:11 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | | | | snip | | | | | | | John and Dave, | | | | | | | | Again, I don't work with larger chip devices with this issue. The company I now work with developed a strategy, based on considerable research (as others of us did in the past), to do t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 14:45:55 EDT 1998 | Chrys
| I have a single-sided board with test vias that pass through the board. The test vias are pasted and reflowed with the SMT components on the top side. When the boards are wavesoldered, the solder coverage on the vias is spotty. Some will sold
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 31 18:59:55 EDT 2000 | Brian W.
Our customers use OSP, HASL, immersion tin and immersion gold as board finishes. If I recommend a finish to the customer, it is one of the immersion finishes or OSP. Those finishes have the advantage of a flat surface to deposit paste. HASL has va
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 10:40:38 EDT 1999 | John Thorup
| What oven temperature should be used to reflow solder (Sn63Pb37) on a PC board (0.075" to 0.100" thickness) in 5 to 10 minutes? Profiling - tedious but important. As said, start with the paste manufacturers recomendation which is usually publishe
