Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 18:59:14 EDT 2004 | Carol
Thanks Everyone, the information was very useful. We use 7095 as a bible. A-610 6.5.3 doesn't allow for any solder balls not entrapped/attached etc. so we will look again at plugging/tenting both ends of the via. We ran into the problem of the mask
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 04 15:22:17 EST 2005 | russ
Glad to hear a little success from ya Duckmann! i have stenciled mask in the past and I can tell you that stencils are expensive. They are basically a step stencil, you will need full thickness for the area(s) you are going to apply mask and you wi
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 25 10:17:48 EDT 2005 | davef
Send the pic to dave5252 at hotmail.com [you can't send pic through the SMTnet email thing] For more on via plugging, tenting, capping ... look here: http://www.merix.com/technology.php?section=processes&page=pdf/Via_Fill_Plug.pdf Something, a voi
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 11 14:48:44 EST 2010 | davef
SR1000 is commonly used for tenting. Search the fine SMTnet Archives on : tenting Someone gave us this note. We have lost their name. It seems to be good advice. If Liquid Photo Image (LPI) solder mask is required, do not tent via holes. Tenting
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 12 17:22:47 EDT 2002 | davef
First, splitting hairs on parlance. * Conformal Coating. A thin electrically nonconductive protective coating that conforms to the configuration of the covered assembly to provide environmental and mechanical protection. * Solder Mask. Coating mate
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 17 19:44:20 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Ashok: Well, your customer probably has a good reason for wanting you to send them boards without holes in the solder mask. What is their goal for the mask capabilities after you get do reworking the boards? * Cosmetic surface coat? * Performance t
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 11 13:05:51 EDT 1999 | Dave F
| | Folk's, | | | | I'm just tying up some loose end's on my Master's Thesis on solderballing @ wave soldering and the effect the topography of the mask / PCB has on it. | | I was wanting to do a straw poll on you guy's as to the type of resist's yo
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 03 08:22:36 EST 1998 | Scott Cook
| At this moment in time we are using water soluble solder paste on our PCBs these are cleaned using water only, agitated with ultrasonics. After drying a white/grey residue is left around solder joints. Reflow profile is fine and a reliable wash pro
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 24 14:06:37 EDT 2001 | mparker
If you let your design team leave things up to chance, chances are something will go wrong. You are right to want to take control rather than be lead down an undesirable path by the fab house. Various masks serve certain desirable purposes. You need
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 14 20:28:24 EST 2001 | davef
Not to worry. Just run the boards through the cleaner. It will remove all the solder balls. The gross filter on your washer will collect all the solder balls. Coo eh? ;-) How to cure SM? Is your mask UV, er thermal? After learning the type, you
