Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 27 04:29:18 EDT 2006 | pbarton
We have our waste water tested periodicially by a local lab to ensure that we are in compliance with local discharge regulations and as part of ISO14001 approval. This analysis includes levels of metals as well as organics, but it will tell you littl
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 04 14:44:23 EDT 2006 | bvdb
RoHS actually allows for up to 0.1% lead in solder. Unless you are really sloppy at cleaning your tools it would be very unlikely that you would get 0.1% lead into your lead-free process (remember leaded solder is only about 50% lead). Regards, Ber
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 28 14:18:21 EDT 2006 | russ
Sounds like your PCBs are now white tin. Change this to another roHS compliant finish and see if prob goes away. You must get control of the materials that you are being asked to build. Your Customer needs your advice on surface finishes, they sho
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 14 11:50:40 EDT 2006 | dougs
I'd say you build as they ask but you must have written confirmation of what they wish you to do. One thing to remember is that it's not illegal to make non rohs compliant products, it's only illegal to sell them in certain markets, your not to know
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 22 18:08:38 EDT 2006 | MFG CAVEMAN
Dear ???, The verbage on your customer's PO or contract for business is what would be at issue in a (gulp) litigation situation. If you customer is specifying a RoHS compliant assembly in their PO or contract reference and is not allowing you to f
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 24 09:35:33 EDT 2006 | jax
The need to Pre-Bake depends on multiple variables: 1. Packaging from the vendor (dry packs, vacuum sealed, etc...) 2. Storage at your facility (temp, humidity, etc...) 3. Moisture absortion rate of Laminate (FR406BC is one of the highest) Other rea
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 31 07:50:22 EST 2006 | markb
SWAG - Was your experiment on the board with the large ground plane? The board we are seeing issues with also has a large ground plane (approx 50% of PCB), and 90% of the delamination occurs in that area. The delamination is about the size of a sil
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 20 11:21:50 EST 2006 | SWAG
We ended up switching PCB suppliers and PCB material altogether. We built 400+ units with the new material and got zero delamination. It's still unclear what the real solution is as we introduced two changes at once. This new supplier is going to
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 02 18:31:13 EDT 2007 | SWAG
I hate to drag this one out again but we are done with this. We tried an oven profile on the bare panels that was quite different from our original. This profile was recommended by the mfg. of the laminate. We experienced random delamination. Som
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 26 14:43:09 EDT 2006 | Billabong
We are having difficulty with thermal deformation of these AMP surface mount connectors. It is a RoHS compliant part, but only rated to withstand 245c for 10-30 seconds. Even at this temperature, we are seeing PLASTIC deforming which prevents mating
