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    Reflow soldering is a process in which a solder paste (a sticky mixture of powdered solder and flux) is used to temporarily attach anywhere from one to...
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    A reflow oven is a machine used primarily for reflow soldering of surface mount electronic components to printed circuit boards (PCBs). In commercial high-volume...
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    are mostly wave soldered or reflow soldered, though hand soldering of production electronics is also still widely used. In wave soldering, components are...
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  • Wave soldering is a bulk soldering process used in printed circuit board manufacturing. The circuit board is passed over a pan of molten solder in which...
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    hand (tool) Solder Soldering Wave soldering Reflow soldering Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) Non-Newtonian fluid "Solder-Paste Printer"...
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  • susceptibility to damage due to absorbed moisture when subjected to reflow soldering as defined in J-STD-020. The MSL is an electronic standard for the...
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    temperatures required for reflow soldering, because the plastic has a lower melting point since they were designed for wave soldering methods. Some JST surface-mount...
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    which requires tighter controls on soldering. At the end of 2008, convection soldering was the most popular reflow technology using either standard air...
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    or SAC) solders are used by two-thirds of Japanese manufacturers for reflow and wave soldering, and by about 75% of companies for hand soldering. The widespread...
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    counts and pin densities. Each socket technology will have specific reflow soldering requirements. As CPU and memory frequencies increase, above 30 MHz...
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    wave solder: These tools mask off areas previously soldered in the SMT reflow soldering process, exposing only those areas to be selectively soldered in...
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    manufacturing process including bare board inspection, solder paste inspection (SPI), pre-reflow and post-re-flow as well as other stages. Historically...
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    needed] Soldering of BGA devices requires precise control and is usually done by automated processes such as in computer-controlled automatic reflow ovens...
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    Graping (category Soldering defects)
    viscosity of the flux decreases as the temperature of the reflow oven increases. Lead-free reflow soldering temperatures are higher, which results in more graping...
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    heating of the joint by the soldering tool. In high-temperature metal joining processes (welding, brazing and soldering), fluxes are nearly inert at...
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    Thermal profiling (category Brazing and soldering)
    an effective soldering process, soldering must be carried out under carefully calibrated conditions in a reflow oven. Convection Reflow Oven Detailed...
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    Reflowing as a rework technique, similar to the manufacturing process of reflow soldering, involves dismantling the equipment to remove the faulty circuit board...
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    boards that are soldered automatically using reflow or wave soldering techniques. Once applied, openings must be made in the solder mask wherever components...
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  • assembly, to prevent water absorption that could flash into steam during reflow soldering, destroying the part. A simple dry box can consist of nothing more...
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    the wrong direction. For soldering n-type semiconductors, solder may be doped with antimony; indium may be added for soldering p-type semiconductors. Pure...
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  • Process window index (category Brazing and soldering)
    is soldering. In soldering, a thermal profile is the set of time-temperature values for a variety of processes such as slope, thermal soak, reflow, and...
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  • Tin-silver-copper (category Brazing and soldering)
    SMT Soldering Defects: How to Prevent Them, mirror: Lead-Free Defects in Reflow Soldering – How to Prevent Them, emsnow, Feb 17, 2005 Lead-Free Solder FAQ’s...
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  • Organic Solderability Preservative (OSP) Reflow soldering Wave soldering Salleh, Mohd Arif Anuar Mohd (2022). Recent Progress in Lead-Free Solder Technology:...
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    fragile components. As it can sustain the temperature needed for a reflow soldering operation, its protection is available throughout the whole production...
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    function of curing and drying ovens. Reflow Ovens – A reflow oven is a machine used primarily for reflow soldering of surface mount electronic components...
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    removed or stripped. Then the solder on the chips undergoes solder reflow to form the bumps into their final shape. Solder balls are often 75 to 500 microns...
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    Solder reflow Adhesive underfill Final result Head-in-pillow defect, a solder ball failure Definition of: solder ball, PC Magazine glossary Soldering...
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  • placement and solder reflow. The tackiness of the paste enables the components to stay in place. A good solder joint is one where the solder paste has melted...
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    fine-tip soldering iron, for small volume prototypes. Selective soldering may be used for delicate parts. Some SMT parts cannot be soldered by hand, such...
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    electronic components are placed and soldered, for example by SMT placement equipment and wave or reflow soldering. ODB++ can handle all the specifications...
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