Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 26 16:47:35 EST 2007 | electronhose
IMHO I would avoid sprayed silicones like the plague. They can travel around your facility and cause solder wetting issues that you will never know the root cause for. Also found this e-drive article on using silicones around motors and relays. Loo
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 12 11:53:52 EDT 2007 | realchunks
Hi Coop, Sounds like you are having top side wetting issues. Generally this is flux related, but with a foam fluxer, I'd kinda doubt it's the fluxer. Could be heat related as well. Try slowing the conveyor speed to verify. Long leads - hmmmmm.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 21 15:33:16 EDT 2007 | pjc
Not all OSPs are created equal. Some companies use N2 in their reflow oven to minimize oxidation during reflow. This is for double sided reflow and if wave or selective solder will be done after reflow. Get extra boards from the vendor to test. Run t
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 25 15:38:07 EDT 2007 | Gibbon!
Couple of things. Type T thermocouples are solder friendly. However usually a header with screw terminals poses no problem as the temperature differential is nil. Getting thermocouple leads wet causes problems because two dissimilar metals + condu
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 27 07:34:57 EDT 2007 | ck_the_flip
Amy, One way you can drastically lower the peak temperature of your QFP and prevent it from re-melting is to lower the solder pot temperature. If you're running 63/37 in your pot, the typical range for these is 460�F to around 500�F. You will need
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 16 09:58:55 EDT 2007 | davef
"Although some lead-free pastes performed adequately and newer pastes work better than earlier formulations, this detailed experiment confirmed that tin/lead solder pastes wet back to PCB pads better than lead-free solder pastes. Therefore, a more ac
Electronics Forum | Sun Apr 15 18:06:16 EDT 2007 | greg york
You may need slightly longer dwell times and a little more heat in the reflow and wave to ensure proper alloying/wetting. Also consider if you are using a nickel doped and high copper alloy on bare boards in Leaded wave solder bath you will pick up c
Electronics Forum | Wed May 02 04:04:18 EDT 2007 | greg york
What aload of rubbish - prove it, we have over 320 users in the UK alone using the SACP0307 solder with great results, and the biggest advantage they have is they can multiple source the solder not stuck to one company who has purchased the patent an
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 08 17:22:51 EDT 2007 | naynayno
We have been producing an IMS assembly with SMT dpak's for some time. However, we recently encountered a new problem by chance - the parts can be flicked off with a finger nail. I state by chance because the solder joints are wetted and shiny with
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 25 11:55:21 EDT 2007 | ck_the_flip
Zoinks!! Doing the homeplate design on 0402 will actually make your tombstones WORSE! Think about it. Your wetting forces are now on the ENDS of the device with no solder paste toward the middle of the device to tack the part down - a gauranteed f
