Line-Down

 

Learn how to overcome your electronic assembly challenges in AIM's Monthly web series "Line Down". AIM's technical experts answer our customers' defect-related questions by providing process tips, problem solving tools and suggesting the most appropriate materials to help you minimize or eliminate common soldering defects.

 

 QUESTION 1:

My second shift operator forgot to take solder paste out before the end of the shift, the paste that I want to use is still cold, what do I do?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 2:

I have old paste laying around, can I mix it with my new paste and use it in production?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 3:

If I find paste in the refrigerator which has been opened, can I use it in production?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 4:

I am having a BTC voiding problem. I tried modifying my stencil apertures and and adjusting my reflow profile and nothing seemed to work! What can I do?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 5:

One of our sister plants is using an automated mixer to reduce the amount of time it takes to prepare paste. Will this help me too?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 6:

How much dross can accumulate on the surface of my wave solder pot before it obstructs my process?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 7

I am seeing Head-In-Pillow defects on my boards. How can I reduce this?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 8

Can your BTC ground pad aperture design reduce voiding?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 9

Our inspectors are finding solder beads around our chip components, what should I do?  Watch Video

 QUESTION 10

What materials should I use when reworking low-temperature solder paste?  Watch Video

 


 

 Q: What materials should I use when reworking low-temperature solder paste? 

 

 Q: Our inspectors are finding solder beads around our chip components, what should I do? 

 

 

 Q: Can your BTC ground pad aperture design reduce voiding? 

 

 

 Q: I am seeing Head-In-Pillow defects on my boards. How can I reduce this? 

 

 

 

 Q: How much dross can accumulate on the surface of my wave solder pot before it obstructs my process? 

 

 

 

 Q: One of our sister plants is using an automated mixer to reduce the amount of time it takes to prepare paste. Will this help me too?