Electronics Forum | Wed May 07 18:23:52 EDT 2008 | adamcrum
The reason my company was fined, was because they faile to file a one page document stating that they disposed of more than 100lbs of leaded solder in a year. The fine was not for creating toxic waste, as we diposed of the solder PROPERLY in accorda
Electronics Forum | Thu May 22 16:52:39 EDT 2008 | tonyamenson
Indium got back to me with the attached PDF. I always assumed, that in order to avoid thermal shock, there could not be any more than 80 degrees C difference between the solder pot and the pre-heated board. However, it would seem that any thing le
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 21 23:15:07 EDT 2008 | mika
Also keep in mind that the CCGA column length tolerance is at minimum +/- 0.13mm from most part manufactures and they don't collapse in the same way as a BGA, therefore the paste height deposit could be critical in some rare circumstances. Board warp
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 02 16:46:12 EDT 2008 | jmelson
Yeah, way back in the beginning, I was VERY suspecious of the whole thing, as car batteries that had KILOS of lead in them were not regulated in any manner. It seems to me a car battery smashed in a wreck and spilled into the storm drains is 10,000
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 29 12:51:40 EDT 2008 | grics
I am having some problems with some of my pcbs at ive solder. We are using an ersa versaflow. It has an automated spot/spray fluxer (Interflux Pacific 2009M) , 1 preheat stage, a leaded pot/nozzel, and finally a lead-free pot/nozzel. Nozzels move, b
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 14:17:18 EDT 2008 | grics
Patrick, you are right. I am sorry. It is a Water based flux. (We have another no clean flux indium 3592 that is used in our leaded process. It is alcohol based and had their base confused) Chunks, yes, this has always been a problem. If ther
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 16 16:16:12 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Yes, this scenario is fine. However, BGAs are a different story since the ball is the bulk of the solder joint. In this case, you MUST run a "hybrid profile". Look it up in the fine SMTNet archives (keyword: hybrid profile). I have "been there an
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 22 15:32:20 EDT 2008 | davef
We see this fairly often. It doesn't affect solderability. Our analysis makes us think this coloration is copper. The reason copper appears on the surface may be that heat cycles increase the thinness and porosity of the immersion silver [IAg] coatin
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 10 05:04:26 EDT 2008 | bing007
We are using Mulicore MF101 flux and a Vitronics selective soldering machine on a lead-fee assembly and are having trouble with nozzles blocking even when the nozzle aperture is increased. Has anyone come across this problem before using fluxes with
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 11 19:41:06 EST 2008 | gregoryyork
Thats the problem residual residue from HASL fluxes Lead free especially are worse.Very hygroscopic and out gass and produce dewetting as well over wave soldered boards especially. Leave iron on blown joint and will after several seconds fizz and pop
