Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 27 15:10:48 EST 2006 | ms
Hi Steve Thanks for your reply. Your comments make it sound like it may be the nature of this paste. Any one else agree? Paste control is fairly good. Paste is put in fridge straight after it arrives at inwards goods, (4deg). Removed from fridge
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 09 09:05:09 EDT 2007 | davef
There are no requirements acceptance criteria for baking of board assemblies. What are your customer requirements? The common reasons people choose to bake PCB are to prevent: * Delamination of multilayer boards * Measles, particularly on double si
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 23 16:48:29 EDT 2011 | jax
assuming Sn05Pb93.5Ag1.5 Without knowing what you are trying to solder, PTH or SMT, the time might not be that far off. Does that time include stripping, cleaning, plating the leads prior to soldering onto the board?... pre-tinning the board as well
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 28 16:20:12 EST 2017 | rgduval
Pictures of your issues would help us to help you. Pin holes/blow holes are generally caused by either moisture or flux volatiles/organics. Since you've virtually eliminated moisture, it might be time to look at your paste/flux. You can call eithe
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 18 17:26:30 EST 2018 | davef
I'm aware of no electrical test for detecting voids and air bubbles. If someone was x-raying my boards and saw voids and air bubbles and they weren't happy about it, first thing I'd do is convince them that the boards a within standard. You know some
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 12 16:48:31 EST 2014 | gmcquoid
We are having an internal debate here related to minimum Conductor Width. Can you have your QA manager review this and advise. IPC-6012C-2010 3.5.1 Conductor Width and Thickness When not specified on the master drawing the minimum conductor width s
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 29 08:43:35 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| Hi, Friends, | Could you please recommend me some solder mask materials and equitements for high quality solder mask? Details such as company name, phone numer et al are welcomed. Thanks! | Have a good day | Xingsheng Xingsheng: Consider the follo
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 29 08:38:28 EST 2003 | davef
Iman When you talk about your profile, can we assume you're measuring it on the pads of LGA? Profile the solder paste reflow by placing a thermal couple under the component pad, similar to a BGA. On a slight tangent, as with soldering BGA, paste
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 21 08:34:44 EDT 2003 | Don Bell
Blow holes/ pin holes in solder joints are the result of multiple root causes. Suggested analysis might look like this; 1) What method of solder preservation is used on the bare board. (hasl,enig, osp, etc.) HASL can leave unwanted flux residues,
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 15 13:28:55 EDT 2005 | Brian
A process consists of much more than just thee machine. When developing a cause and effect diagram ffor the process, there are many parameters that fall outside the machine itself. There are Man, Machine, Methods, and Materials. Just monitoring th
