Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 12 16:14:20 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Scott, Hard to tell what kind of problem you really have. I guess you need to describe your process first. What kind of process are you using. Wave solder, reflow solder, etc.. What kind of flux are you using to solder with? Vaccum? What ar
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 10:57:04 EDT 2007 | dboudreau
Dear all, we are using the lead-free SN100C solder alloy for wave soldering. We are experiencing wetting problems each time we have to solder a thick board or a board with a large ground plane.I think that maybe we are not using the right flux. I w
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 04 03:10:35 EDT 2007 | chrispy1963
We've got 2 lead free lines running at present and one leaded. Our lead free pallets and stencils were both leaded before changing over. Just take care to remove any built up flux from the pallets as well as hidden leaded solder deposits prior to r
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 13 08:02:02 EST 2007 | realchunks
You may want to try raising your pre-heater if you have one. I would also suggest trying different fluxes that may be a little more active so you can use less. What type of fluxer are you using? Selective solder flux residue is a gray area. This i
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 23 13:05:12 EDT 2008 | slthomas
If you're questioning their motivation for testing accurately, I'm sure they would *love* to sell you stuff to balance your alloy composition ratios or just replace all of your solder outright. IOW, I don't think you need to worry about them paddin
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 22 11:09:21 EST 2008 | mfcat
We changed paste manufacturers rather recently and are now seeing SOT23s falling off after wave solder. These parts have a dual process... we stencil print paste, apply glue, populate then reflow. Only SOT23s fall off, chips are fine. We do not be
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 03 11:20:41 EDT 2009 | thunderdog5000
I have a customer that is having a flux residue problem after wave soldering. Flux is roaring through the board to the top side and leaving a residue. This is only happening on the flat stamped leads. The round leads are fine. They are using Supe
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 28 16:15:57 EDT 2009 | davef
That your solder connections reflow properly when heated with a soldering iron, indicates that that your reflow recipe needs improvement. * Thermocouple the pads that require touch-up and adjust your oven recipe to assure that they reach liquidous+20
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 27 08:19:41 EDT 2011 | charliedci
We are in the process of changing over our wave solder flux from alcohol based no clean to VOC free water based no clean. We are running an old Eletrovert with foam fluxer, tin lead solder. After preliminary testing on scrap boards and now starting t
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 26 16:43:18 EDT 2011 | action_101
I am happy that you work in a shop that can build boards right the first time on a consistent basis. Unfortunately, I would say that every place I have been at, we have had a hard time meeting class III standards day in and day out without some kind
