Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 24 14:34:13 EDT 2004 | tjensen
There are many factors that can lead to solder balls. Since you have just recently seen this start to occur, it is obvious something has changed in the product or your process. Since we don't have a lot of details about your process, I would sugges
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 03 18:11:21 EDT 2004 | davef
Improper washing of water soluable flux residues can be a major contributor to flux residues remaining on the board surface. ;-O That you appear to be only complaining about the pathetic state of the ability of your washer to clean under BGA, it may
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 09 20:47:21 EDT 2004 | KEN
I think OA flux left on the pot would quickly looses its activity and become part of the dross waste stream, and smoke stream for that matter. Also, if your wave is setup properly your selective pallets will scour (push) the top of the lambda wav
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 | Sun Aug 29 19:17:34 EDT 2004 | aqueous
Chen, It is always best to place one�s effort on determining the cause and content of the residue rather than trying to work around it. The first thing you must determine is the nature of the residue. Is it flux? In many instances, the residue is
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 24 11:08:13 EDT 2004 | davef
We're not sure what you mean by temperature sensitive components. From an assembly process stand-point, every component we use is temperature sensitive to one level or another. More specifically, some of our products use polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 22 17:32:34 EST 2004 | davef
Assemblers often assume that the board and component suppliers provide them with clean product. This was not a problem when everyone used water washable fluxes, because the water washing used to clean the flux residues also cleaned the board and com
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 04 12:37:41 EST 2005 | Cmiller
We have been using this finish almost exclusively for fine pitch boards for about 5 years. Make SURE you use a board house that does the gold plating in-house. There are some potential issues as DaveF stated. The only problem we have encountered is w
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 12 20:02:04 EST 2005 | Mike Konrad
As for specific recommendations, I�ll defer to �real users�. But here are the usual suspects: Aqueous Technologies http://www.aqueoustech.com (909) 944-7771 Ultrasonic Smart Sonic http://www.smartsonic.com (818) 610-7900 Ultrasonic PMR http://www
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 13 09:50:06 EDT 2005 | slthomas
"I think the best is to make sure the oven profile and other factors are set up so as to avoid any opens in the first place." I think you answered your own question. The difficulty (from my limited experience, anyway) in adequately qualifying your
