Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 14 07:59:42 EDT 2006 | amol_kane
Hi russ, I am in the process of developing a "hybrid" reflow profile to solder a board that has LF BGAs and leaded solder. Have you encountered a similar situation before? if so what was the "safe" top side temp for the leaded components that was set
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 19 12:25:51 EDT 2007 | patrickbruneel
Amen to that Hussman. The new lead-free world is not based on science or environment it�s all about $$$$$. And as I said before the promoters of lead-free care less about quality or reliability they just take this great opportunity to double their
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 09:53:36 EDT 2007 | ed_faranda
Yes, you can use lead-free parts in a leaded process. And the other is true as well, no-lead free parts in a leaded process. BUT, you should not use leaded parts through a non-lead wave solder process and of course, your board will not be RoSH.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 14 00:50:34 EDT 2004 | Grant Petty
Hi, What's the best process for going lead free? Ordering lead free parts and using them with current paste, and then once all the parts are lead free, moving to lead free paste as well? Then the wave will be fun to change over. What a nightmare th
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 25 15:19:15 EDT 2005 | jimmyjames
Sorry this is such a long thread but I would like as much input as possible to everything I ramble on about... :) ------------------------------------------------------ We are now seeing more and more RoHS parts showing up in our SMT inventory and
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 26 10:40:43 EDT 2005 | patrickbruneel
Jimmy, We've been soldering tin plated components and Ni/Sn (100% Tin) boards with leaded solder in the 80's in hirel and military applications. We never experienced reliability issues with the mechanical or electrical properties of the solder joint
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 23 14:51:48 EST 2024 | carl_p
Just another thought - how long is the printer idle for between boards? is it long enough to have the chemicals start to separate within the paste?
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 26 20:05:09 EST 2024 | alexv
Leaded solder is liquidus at 183C, 220C is max. Sounds to me your boards might be contaminated or the plating is poor and allows oxidation. Without seeing the boards or profile, I recommend you slow down your oven for a longer soak, to allow the acti
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 23 09:12:13 EST 2024 | carl_p
How have you created the oven profile? Have you taken into account the heat soak from the components/board/carrier etc. Is the paste being mixed correctly before use, is the paste in its use by date & at ambient temp etc? I thought almost all the
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 23 09:35:36 EST 2024 | emanuel
We have the standard profile as a template made according to the solder paste specs. For some boards we measure the result at 2 points, on the board itself and on top of a sensitive SOT263 module and adjust accordingly. The solder paste is well kept,
