Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 24 14:49:58 EDT 2004 | jamyboy
Hi, I am trying to assemble a LTCC component > with Pd/Ag surface finish on to Sn/Pb/Ag solder > and Sn/Ag/Cu solder. I am passing it through a > reflow. I have observed poor wettability at the > solder-pad joint. Does anyone have information
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 09 04:00:22 EDT 2004 | rlackey
Hi Peter, You certainly have a selection of kit. We use 2 CP6's & 2 GSMs per line, and that balances pretty well (sometimes one of the fuji's is idle though - but we can live with that). When we had S20's we found 2 of them roughly kept up with a
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 01 09:29:03 EDT 2004 | patrickbruneel
Hi Ken, It looks like you have some solid practical experience in the transition from leaded to lead-free soldering. I hope you don�t mind me asking a question. With conventional soldering we have a library of workmanship standards available (SMT,
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 02 10:00:29 EDT 2004 | russ
If you are concerned about shelf life and handling of raw or partially assembled PCBs use Immersion gold and hope that you don't get black pad, I still love this finish but I have been fortunate to never receive bad boards. If I understand your ques
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 02 10:24:35 EDT 2004 | dj_jago
Greetings from the UK: I have been quite fortunate to lead (no pun intended) our company towards lead free sooner rater than later. One of our customers produces a product which is refurbushed every 6 months or so and sent back into the market. A
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 02 10:51:45 EDT 2004 | patrickbruneel
Hi Ken, Thank you for the reply Ken. I hope I don�t get my behind in trouble for subject change in this thread. But you hit the nail on the head in your comment with Hitachi, when they converted to lead-free they had a �5 times higher defect rate� i
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 31 21:45:49 EDT 2004 | KEN
I have experienced this directly in SMT and wave solder. Fillet lift (can) be a direct indicator to lead enrichment (but its not the exclusive symptom). Lead enrichment in smt joints reduces the interfacial strength shortening the time to creep f
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 12 11:32:22 EDT 2004 | fastek
Stefen- When looking at it from your perspective only it makes no sense to off-shore. The machines and operators are but a small part that goes into the decision to move overseas. The bigger picture is the fact the "entire" operation gets outsourced.
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 15 03:00:21 EDT 2004 | pierrenoir
Hello to you all I was hoping one of you guys would be good enough to give me some advice on a problem I am having with some training simulators I have developed for my work. I have basically built two electronic control simulators to duplicate the o
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 26 13:40:47 EDT 2004 | Paul_pmd
Have the SOIC tested by independant. Clarify as to weather or not you have run this board before. Check to see if the board has been rev'ed. Sometimes IC's are rated at a clock speed or by axcess time. Engneering on this board may be at the tolorance