Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 10:10:21 EST 1998 | Chrys
| | | | | | What are the key feature to look for in buying a profiling product for Reflow ? | | | | | | | | Who's is the best and how much do these systems cost ? | | | | | | | | Thanks in advance. | | | | | | | | Hi Mark, | | | | | | I am curr
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 12 08:07:45 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| I have datas to substain that a not wetting PCB ( the HAL oxided or not uniform in thickness )if soldered in reflow, it shows voids with X-Ray inspection.The voids are in side all the joints not only on the solder pads levell. | | Is there a techn
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 22 12:25:31 EDT 1998 | Chrys
| | Hi Jacqueline! | | Do these joints that you're having problems with happen to be on fine pitch solder joints? Are the fillets staying attached to the foot and separating from the pads cleanly? | | If that is true, are there many vias concen
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 10 21:44:48 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
| I'll stop talking to myself and wonder how big Steve G is doing these days. | Earl Moon Hey Earl! I was wondering the same thing about you a few weeks back when we didn't hear much from you...but, I'm doing okay. Been busier than a one-legged
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 07 07:52:15 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | Is there any problem using SMT on gold boards? 15 years ago we were told not to use gold boards, but I can't remember why. Judging by the other postings it now appears to be common. Only problem I see is that the nickel should be plated, not e
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 09:53:04 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | Has anyone had experience with placing BGA on gold plated boards. I thought I read a while ago there was a problem with embrittlment causing cracked joints. If anyone has experience with this your feedback would be great. | | Mike | Mike, | You
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 25 09:37:48 EDT 1998 | Russ Miculich
The real causes of microcracking are not normally due to pick and place - particularly if you are using a piece of equipment with vacuum pick up and release. The real cause of microcracking is due to thermal stresses on the die and the choice of the
Electronics Forum | Fri May 29 13:42:34 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
Hi Jason! I can probably find something documented for you, but the easiest way to convince your QA people is just to show them. If you have a board around that has some 1206 locations all in a row, print the board with paste and then plac
Electronics Forum | Fri May 29 16:12:11 EDT 1998 | Jason Gregory
| Hi Jason! | I can probably find something documented for you, but the easiest way to convince your QA people is just to show them. | If you have a board around that has some 1206 locations all in a row, print the board with paste and the
Electronics Forum | Mon May 04 21:54:14 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| I've never seen this before. Today, I got this tombstoning on Tantalum Capacitors (Okay, I saw that before) | Here's the part that seems weird to me: | -They didn't tombstone onto a termination - they went onto their sides! That's right, both ter
