check with your vendor if it is intended for soldering or silver
epoxy mount...
On Aug 28, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Vargas, Stephen M wrote:
> Good morning:
>
> We've experienced some soldering difficulties with small 0402
> inductors using a silver palladium platinum glass plating. Our
> application is a 63/37 process and we find that these parts shift
> randomly through our reflow oven and the overall soldering is less
> than optimum. The part is available in a more robust plating, but
> the cost impact is absurd. I'm wondering if others have run into
> similar problems with this finish and why the difficulty in
> soldering these parts. Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Vargas