Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 21:29:38 EDT 1998 | D.Lange
| I've tried every thing I can think of. Do you have any | Ideas? | What I have is micro balls on the gold fingers of | panelize boards. These balls only appear on the gold | finger. Or at least I can only find them on the gold | fingers. | What I
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 12:29:59 EDT 1998 | Richard Jackson
| Richard, | You may be encountering solder paste contamination | on the assembly during the printing process. Solder | will reflow on tin/lead plated lands therefore invisible. | If you are washing the assembly prior to inspection | then you are
Electronics Forum | Tue May 19 10:23:06 EDT 1998 | Mike C
| Howdy Richard, | Welcome to the club! I now dub thee a full fledged member of the "Spotty Gold Finger and Bleeding Ulcer Society"...or SGFBUS for short... (GRIN) | I know it's not funny to be in that position, but there's so many different places t
Electronics Forum | Fri May 28 17:44:51 EDT 1999 | Glenn Robertson
| I discovered that we have some gold plated (30 mico in.) through hole connectors which were Paste In Hole soldered (60 sec at reflow) on a HASL PCB. Do we have an embrittlement reliability issue? The calculated volume % of gold in the joints is abo
Electronics Forum | Fri May 28 17:30:35 EDT 1999 | Dave Clements
I discovered that we have some gold plated (30 mico in.) through hole connectors which were Paste In Hole soldered (60 sec at reflow) on a HASL PCB. Do we have an embrittlement reliability issue? The calculated volume % of gold in the joints is about
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 20:25:30 EST 2000 | Dave F
John: What�s the matter? Free gold � good thing for you, bad thing for your supplier. :^) Pre-tinning of gold plated leads is important to: � Prevent gold embrittlement of the solder joint � Determine if the leads are solderable prior to assembly (
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 26 14:33:47 EST 2000 | Glenn Robertson
Tuan - How about Sn/0.7Cu? It's M.P. is 227 and it's readily available. If the leads are Gold plated you might consider pre-tinning them. If you need a higher temp alloy any of the major solder companies can help - I suggets you start with Ind
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 14:49:53 EST 2000 | Glenn Robertson
Tuan - One of the reasons I suggested pre-tinning (aside from the negative effects of Gold on appearance and reliability) is the known slower wetting of Sn/Ag and Sn/Cu alloys as compared to Sn/Pb. If you don't have to be Lead-free, the high Lead
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 18 04:21:22 EDT 2012 | brettrenishaw
Measured the pot temprature independantly from the software (268C/514F from moving wave). We are using Dross Inhibiter Tin/P Regenerator from BLT. Monthly sample checks are carried out on the solder bath and are all within limits. It will be hard to
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 13:22:29 EDT 2002 | kevin
as the title says, should gold pads be pre-tinned, and are there any issues with soldering to gold pads?
