Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 21 06:36:30 EST 2002 | Ben
I'm doing SMT of lead-free solder BGA on FR4 Ni-Au PCB. The solder paste I'm using is Sn/Ag/Cu and reflow with peak temp at 240C. I found there are voids(1-2) in almost every solder joint(500 micron in dia) under xray. And the void size is violate th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 11 18:36:57 EDT 2004 | russ
No Rob you didn't misunderstand, I forgot the decimal point! Lets try this .2" thick (I have built this and yes it was V-Scored) We didn't break any caps on that baby just fingers, that was the wildest VScore job I have ever seen I don't know how the
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 24 04:26:32 EST 2005 | Hannu
Morning all, Has anybody done any pin in paste job with a dispenser? I read somewhere that the needle i.d. should be slightly larger than the hole diameter, but with holes of 1.4 mm I would have to work with a very large needle indeed. How does past
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 10 03:25:35 EDT 2005 | Peter
Normally, some conformal coatings do not have very good wetting properties, that should be basic function of a good coating material (the same reqirement as avoid bubbles during coating process)! For UV curing conformal coatings, you can try Lackwe
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 28 12:12:17 EDT 2005 | Paul
I'm with DaveF on this one. I think you'll be trying solve this one for a long time. Alloy42 just doesn't like to be soldered. What exactly is the issue? Lack of a toe fillets at on the cropped lead? There is no spec for a toe fillet other than to
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 01 13:46:05 EST 2006 | Chunks
Sounds like a epididymis! It depends on your paste chemistry. You can't just slap any old saponifier in there. Most water based cleaners evaporate the water and you have to remove the dried paste. It's a bit messy, maybe that's why your's is over
Electronics Forum | Sun May 21 00:42:44 EDT 2006 | mika
Hi, I am just thoughtful about how the SMTnet:s e-mail system works. I have been waiting for an e-mail that a fellow with a problem got and I said in the thread; just e-mail me and I will try to help You out because I still have something from the ol
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 22 17:24:19 EDT 2007 | coop
Have you tried changing the algorithym type in mark info. to special 1 or 2 ? you will have to perform an F6 on this after you change it. If you were on Normal before then you will want to lower the threshold from the what you have it set at ,probabl
Electronics Forum | Wed May 30 22:09:31 EDT 2007 | jeffreys
I'm trying to find a solution that will clean our PCBAs that will meet the following criteria: 1. Low cost 2. Enable us to clean 25 - 100 PCBAs per day 3. Leave boards clean, including residue removal 4. Preferably environmental friendly 5. should b
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 22 14:22:07 EST 2008 | stevek
Are you using nocleans, especially when you get to SMT? Years ago, I had OA wave flux get into vias that were plugged from the top under parts. It is really difficult to clean small, high aspect ratio vias. Cross sections showed that the copper in
