Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 13 14:15:54 EST 2000 | Chris
I have a product where an IC is soldered using a stencil which puts down way too much paste. The result is massive bridging. Anyway, one of my coworkers claimed he could eliminate the bridging by baking the circuit board in an oven for 5 min at 90
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 12:02:15 EST 2000 | blnorman
I have over 10 years experience in aerospace materials, part of which was involved with vacuum casting inert propellant formulations. These propellants are in the range of 80 - 90% solids loaded with viscosities of 15 kP. I'm not sure where I could
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 08:59:56 EDT 2000 | Antonio A. Medina
Ok guys, I need help. Here's the deal. We're getting micro solder balls under discreets on the bottomside of the board. Here's my set up... MPM screener w/vacuum plate 6 mil metal screen with 90% circular (rounded) apertures 7 mil (measured) past
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 25 10:11:09 EDT 2000 | Wolfgang Busko
Paddesign, aperture size and stencil thickness determine the amount of solder for your joint. Once you have found suitable parameters you need to control the volume of your paste deposit which is influenced by printer settings, paste condition, stenc
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 Jun 29 11:08:55 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Kok Han: Good to hear from you. Please help us understand you situation better by talking more about: � Component IC of the RF unit (IC101). For instance: SMT / PTH, package, pitch, lead material, lead finish, package type, package weight, coplan
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 27 20:48:25 EST 2000 | Dave F
Robert: Howya doin' bud? You say "BGA Shorting!!!" I say "Too Much Solder!!!" So, earlier comments about aperture design are appropriate, make good points, and I think we both agree that improvements could be made in your stencil design, but I'm
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 17 13:33:00 EDT 2001 | Kris W
Howdy all! Nothin' up my sleeve!!! While attempting to reflow an RF antennae on std FR4, HASL coated, using no clean paste, in a Research Thermaflo 10, the part sometimes slides on one of the pads (as much as 0.125"). There is a slight amount of w
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 13 13:50:49 EDT 2001 | DaveG
I don't have any actual "hard" data to give on improvements but, I can share some experiences with you. What we noticed when we implemented the Rheo pump was: No more solder "skips" on our boards, Improved print quality on our BGA's & 16mil fine pitc
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 01 21:48:12 EST 2000 | Dave F
Guo: You want to know: 1 Can I use water as the solvent in an ultrasonic machine to remove solder paste from PCB? Continuing from Jason�s comments: Sure you can use water as the solvent to remove solder paste from PCB, but recognize that some flu
