Electronics Forum | Thu May 07 21:25:56 EDT 1998 | D.Lange
| I am running a board that is .062" thick and has components that over hang the edge of the board by .090". I have bottom side smt components (chip caps and resistors only) and use the turbulent wave to help solder the components. The problem I am
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 24 09:54:24 EST 2002 | davef
On a HASL board that has poor wetting on the pad, consider looking further downstream in the process than your assembly shop. For instance, take a look at the bare boards. Look for solder mask bleed onto the pads. This will show-up on the outside
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 06 15:32:03 EDT 2004 | Shean Dalton
Thanks for providing the pictures. We evaluated what we could see and have the following idea's. 1) Because of different thermal charatoristics between the topline and your product, your Motorola BGA solder joints may have experienced a higher refl
Electronics Forum | Mon May 31 15:09:56 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | | | | | | | I have always thought it to be a good practice to wash SMA's with water soluble paste (WS609) soon after reflow. Is there a time limit as to how long a board should sit after reflow before washing said board? For instance; processi
Electronics Forum | Mon May 31 15:10:14 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | | | | | | | I have always thought it to be a good practice to wash SMA's with water soluble paste (WS609) soon after reflow. Is there a time limit as to how long a board should sit after reflow before washing said board? For instance; processi
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 18 00:26:29 EDT 1999 | Vic Lau
| | | | | Can someone explain the difference between solder "fines" and solder balls? Is there an official specification where "fines" are defined? What is the spec for "fines"? | | | | | | | | | | I consider "fines" individual unmelted metal sph
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 15 17:19:12 EST 2001 | mparker
Are the tin/lead ratios compatible betweem HASL and wave solder? Probably are, just a remote possibility. Flux application is? bubbler, sprayer? Either way, are you getting good misting, coverage on those teeny 0.5mm test points? If not, then no
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 09 14:01:24 EDT 1998 | Bob Barr
Charles, I am using an Air-Vac PCBRM12 to selectively solder a 96 pin thru-hole connector onto an otherwise all SMT board. Cost is $8.6K plus about $300 per flow well (nozzle.) Went from a 6 minute cycle to hand solder the connector to 15 seconds o
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 05 01:38:12 EDT 2005 | plcc
I hv a PCB (mtrl is RF35). After going thru' reflow, we found yellowish stain on the solder pad (solder mask). It looks like burn-marks. The reflow temp use is 245oC. We tried running bare pcb under 220oC, there's minimum stain found (acceptable),how
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 09 11:53:36 EDT 2008 | davef
We consider "IR-reflow soldering profile" to be the supplier's recommended reflow thermal profile that a component temination 'sees' for proper soldering, regardless of the method used to reach that temperature. When you say, "We have a lot of defec
