Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 06 20:08:38 EST 2005 | mrduckmann2000
Davef, You have a good question. If we had perfect design engineers out there that would use the proper component spacing and not put SMT parts between and around thru-hole parts - glue and wave would work perfectly. I have done this with great su
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 26 15:21:11 EDT 2005 | russ
Sounds to me like they are thinking since they have a gold board that it must be processed lead free. This kind of thing is happening all over since OEMs are starting to think about pb free and sending their purchasing and engineering to these semin
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 06 12:42:24 EDT 2006 | samir
Wave flux, although I've seen it used successfully in my past life, is not such a good idea to use as a rework/touchup flux. Wave flux needs to be heated to certain activation temps which won't be repeatedly achieved with a manual soldering process.
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 19 10:04:21 EST 2007 | realchunks
It's a nasty little part, but usuallu solders well. Now your inspectors will thing it's not soldered and try and touch it up, but generally, the exposed leads are not tinned, and will not toe fillet. If they know this up front they won't over heat
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 16:45:37 EDT 2007 | losersk8er
The Contamination has proven to be pretty random, lots of stainless steel though in fact two cases in the past two days. As far as I know all machinery is cleaned regularly as well, even the stencil washer itself. The boards we make are 90% (at l
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 04 15:08:51 EDT 2007 | floydf
We have a job that has through hole components on the top, and one 44 pin j leaded PLCC on the bottom. Presently we put the through hole parts in, run it throught the wave, dispense paste on the PLCC pads, and then apply hot air. Someone suggested we
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 21 09:19:09 EST 2007 | Paul M.
Need some opinions from you fine folks. We are building assemblies 90% SMT, 10% TH. Fine pitch and BGA devices, etc. The customer is complaining about cold solder joints (SMT) after about 1 year of use, scattered thru-out the assembly, not consistan
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 18 09:31:45 EST 2007 | rgduval
Bill, Any reflow oven sales guy would be happy to help you with a snazzy sales pitch. I also had some info from paste manufacturers when I pitched it to my boss. Essentially, I believe, it comes down to control. You may be able to get a 4-zone ho
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 14 16:21:58 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Bottom-side SMT parts CAN and DO go liquidus during the 2nd reflow cycle. It could be that there was enough variability between the 2 different lot code PCBs to cause the parts to fall off. Remember wetting force determines surface tension (the abi
Electronics Forum | Thu May 01 12:46:19 EDT 2008 | dphilbrick
Thanks for the link Samir. Although this thread does have some good info in it I don't think it is hitting the exact point I am trying to resolve. This seems to talk to a one profile fits all for running lead and lead free paste. I want to know about
