Electronics Forum | Thu May 21 09:54:07 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| I'm reviewing my board fab spec. It calls for a minimum SnPb thickness of 50 microinches on HASL PWB's. I've looked at other specs that call out anything from 30 to 80 microinches, and others that just say the copper pad must be covered and solde
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 20:57:06 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
.025" pitch so the only problem we run into is too much HASL on the adhesive side causing improper glue dispense. | As Earl keeps saying HASL thickness is hard to impossible to control. I think we need to look hard at OSP's again but then you get in
Electronics Forum | Mon May 18 22:54:04 EDT 1998 | Dave F
.025" pitch so the only problem we run into is too much HASL on the adhesive side causing improper glue dispense. | | As Earl keeps saying HASL thickness is hard to impossible to control. I think we need to look hard at OSP's again but then you get
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 03 17:29:42 EDT 2008 | mikesewell
Re: item 3 - there are ultrasonic thickness machines (Panametrics makes one) that can measure coating dry with a small transducer head. A little pricey for ones that measure reliably in the .003" +/- .002" range.
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 30 07:27:21 EDT 2013 | duso02
Contact the coating manufacturer to get their response. We use many different coatings every day and they all glow differently but that has no affect on the coating itself. As stated earlier, it's job is only as an inspection tool to identify where
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 27 15:25:55 EDT 2004 | HOSS
JD, Have you considered manual dipping? For that low of a volume, the purchase cost and maintenance wouldn't seem economical but I'm not in your shoes. With hand dipping, you don't have the thickness control you may need but it can be done. If yo
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 31 19:34:30 EDT 2023 | dilogic
I have considered this solution, but syringe application is very slow and it's hard to control thickness. It's good for partial covering or applying peelable solder mask. We need to coat circular board ca. 10cm in diameter. Takes a while even with sp
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 27 05:02:13 EDT 2013 | danyquintard
I think it is useful just to see where varnish should not be (eg connection parts). it is necessary to use another method to measure the thickness.
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 01 10:57:53 EDT 2008 | blnorman
Oxford Instruments makes a device called the OSPrey 800 that measures OSP thickness on the pads. We took a look at it last year because we have one line that uses OSP. It is pricey, and that's why we didn't order one, but if you use a lot of OSP, m
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 26 03:52:03 EDT 2013 | danyquintard
Hi We produce electronic pcboards for the aircraft industry. Some of our clients think that the thickness of the varnish left is proportional to the intensity of the blue color of uv's pigments in the varnish. Out off, we know that is not true. The
