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Pb soldering to Pb free finishes

Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 02 11:23:08 EDT 2009 | floydf

Does anyone out there have experience soldering > with Pb solder (Sn 63 or Sn 62) to SAC 305 coated > PCB lands (about 50um) or Sn-Cu plated lands > (about 10um). I know soldering Pb free (Sac based > soler) to Pb/Sn coated lands is a no-no, but

SN96 solderability on electrolytic tin

Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 19 13:49:00 EST 2009 | bricke

We have been manufacturing a part using bright electrolytic tin as the finish. Our customer has been hand soldering using 63/37. They have recently switched to SN96 and have been experiencing solderability issues. We have sent samples to an outside

Water Washing

Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 04 21:32:40 EST 2010 | boardhouse

Conductive Anodonic Filament My worry is that any extra moisture added to the Lead free Material during assembly may cause this Conductive filament to grow within the material weave. They are water washing after through hole assembly and then after

Unusual solderability issue

Electronics Forum | Thu May 06 13:06:36 EDT 2010 | dwonch

Unfortunately nothing ground breaking to report. The board shops analysis (SEM/EDS)showed high levels of carbon and oxygen, likely indicating an organic based contaminate. They are still stumped on where it is coming from. We recieved some boards y

Gold finish/ searching threads

Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 17 12:32:25 EDT 2010 | floydf

Last July I posted a query about reflowing leaded > paste to gold plated boards, I wasn't getting a > good reflow. The answer that seemed to work was > dwelling the board at reflow for the maximum > recommended amount of time. Would anyone have a

Dewetting

Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 07 11:02:07 EDT 2010 | davef

Rob gave you very good analysis and suggestions for troubleshooting your non-wetting issue. We agree with his sequence of troubleshooting. The following comments are meant to be a line to supplement Rob's plan of attack. This adds to Rob's comment

Fiducial Recognition

Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 03 08:19:44 EDT 2010 | rway

Agreed, but his fiducials aren't working so he may have to resort to something a little bigger that returns a more consistent pattern. You are correct, this will provide less accuracy than his fiducials but will save him the expense of cleaning his

11 BGA's 12-Layer nightmare

Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 21 02:37:56 EDT 2010 | horvath83

What would You recommend? PCB has 5 medium sized lead BGA packages on one side and huge lead - free BGA. On the other side among other elements of course there are 5 big sized lead - free BGA Quad Gigabit Pulse transformers. PCB plating: Ni/Au.

Need Help Operating CSM84VZ

Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 07 09:23:16 EST 2011 | ercdave1

I removed the front cover of the controller box and found a cable secured to the right plate with cable ties but no floppy. the cable has a 50 pin connector. maybe is an option on your machine that my didnt get. I hope tom has better luck. I am goin

Nub bying p&p, stencil printer and reflow.

Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 13 13:40:27 EDT 2011 | jebs

Hi. the res/cap is mostly 805, solder paste will be led free and will only have a few fine pitch IC on each board. The boards will contain between 140 - 160 components and will run a production of 300 - 500 each day with only one or two different boa


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