Hello Werner and all Members of the Forum,
What has been your general experience with lead-free field failures?

I am asking this very informally,  just curious about the history of field
failures thus far (i.e. I am not asking about specifics because of the sensitive
nature of those events).
To share my own limited experience during the last couple of years, I have
had three independent cases of lead-free solder joint failures, all in
automotive environments.  To put things in perspective, I have encountered a similar
number of SnPb field failures (although under different conditions).

Thanks,
JP

In a message dated 4/6/2004 10:17:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Solder joint reliability is not an issue of workmanship, but of design and
material behavior--and we simply do not know enough about the creep-fatigue
behavior of LF-solders in actual operationng environments.

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EPSI Inc.
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Montclair, NJ 07042
USA
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