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Hi Daan!
I'm sorry, I can't give you any ideas of how you'll be able to inspect
beneath the components reliably for the integrity of the soldermask.
I do have a couple of questions, how do you know it's only 50% of the
boards? To me, if you have that high of a percentage of boards that have the issue,
I would be suspect of them all. Do you know what the cause is of the mask
flaking?
I have had my soldermask issues, and all of them without question have
occured with dry films. I have had Dynachem (now Shipley) 5040 flake from all the
copper surfaces. This was because it doesn't hold up well against the Kyzen
Aquanox that we use to clean our assemblies. I've posted a couple of times to
the Technet when this has happened to me.
What do you use to clean your assemblies with?
Sorry couldn't have of more help...
-Steve Gregory-
Hi Technet,
I have a problem with a batch of boards of which I know that an
estimated 50% of them have a problem with the soldermask. The mask
(Dynamask 5040 dry film) is flaking off the board, and we didn't notice
this because the mask is only applied underneath the components (and all
of them have a low standoff, which makes it impossible to inspect).
Now we need to know which of the boards are affected, but desoldering
some of the parts to take a peek is not an attractive option as these
boards are already parylene coated.
I'm quite convinced that the answer is "no", but still I'd like to give
it a try and ask the following question:
Does there exists ANY technology (non-destructive) that makes it
possible to inspect the quality of the soldermask underneath components?
Best regards,
Daan Terstegge
PCB Assembly Department
Thales Land & Joint Systems
Tel +31(0)35 524 8297
Fax +31(0)35 524 8181
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