Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 09 21:37:37 EST 2000 | Dave F
Rob: Someone's out there turning over stones, eh? Roller Tinning, Rolled Solder. In printed circuit fabrication, a surface coating of tin-lead, typically 1-2 microns thick, applied to preserve solderability. Still available from some fabricators
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 20 21:01:12 EST 2000 | Dave F
Talk about glam jobs � About once a month, we�d go over to the slaughter yard to get cows� teeth for Dr. Mueller. Then we�d fixture them on their side and run them in a machine that scrubbed them with a brush for weeks. The cool thing about cows te
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 14 12:18:01 EST 2000 | genny
Hello all, Our company has always used HASL finish on our products. Recently however, we have a had a problem on a couple of boards that I have been told cannot be avoided with HASL, and we should switch to ENIG(electroless nickel immersion gold).
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 14:12:50 EST 2000 | Jim M.
My company currently uses water soluble paste for our SMT process. We were having trouble retaining hot water in our in line, closed loop DI cleaner. The cleaner kept shutting down when the water temp. dropped below 125C. As a result, the conveyor
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 21 22:15:59 EST 2000 | Vince Whipple
Mohammed, The first suggested place to start with your question would probably be with your flux Mfr. Push them! The quantity of dross is effected by several factors: The higher your solder pot temp., the higher your dross level... but don't go too
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 31 14:52:25 EST 2000 | Dr. Kantesh Doss
Hi Antonio: You clearly have printed excessive amount of solder paste on the pad. You can reduce the amount of paste by one or two methods: 1. Switchover to 5 mil thick stencils. 2. Change the design of your stencil openings (at the discrete compone
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 07 10:22:13 EDT 2000 | genglish
Ramon, I have had experience in the problems you are witnessing. The problem can relate to a number of factors. Obviously the printing process is the first place to start your investigations, try looking at the stencil apertures for bleed under the
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 07 14:02:54 EDT 2000 | Brian W.
If you are satisfied with the apertures, then you need to check placement pressure, plant humidity, and the reflow profile. If the placement pressure is too great, it will separate minute portions of the solder from the pad. When the solder reflo
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 10 13:16:17 EDT 2000 | Bob Willis
Here is some thing that I wrote a while back on solder beading. First what is a Solder Bead? The term solder bead is used to differentiate it from solder balls. A solder bead is a solder ball but its location is normally constant unlike solder bal
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 12 21:47:41 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Celiav: Mark is probably spot-on on his comments about a board fab problem. It is weird that you have similar problems from two suppliers though. Recommendations are: � Get rid of any bird brain contractor that installs processes that affect your
