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Hello guys ! I have a problem, I am finding some blow h... - Jan 12, 2011 by Armando_Gomez

How many % were affected? If a few,it can be caused bcoz of... - Jan 12, 2011 by Jacki

We've never seen the defect that you describe, but in wave s... - Jan 13, 2011 by davef

Hi I hope this pictures helps this is the link ... - Jan 20, 2011 by Armando_Gomez

Armando Link does not work. Goes to a "page not found" e... - Jan 20, 2011 by dyoungquist

www.flickr.com/photos/ ... - Jan 21, 2011 by Armando_Gomez

Hi, in my experience, the humidity is trapped in the solder... - Jan 21, 2011 by XPS

Try baking your boards first to remove the moisture. Moistur... - Jan 21, 2011 by aci

Hi In my experience try to change component to another batc... - Jan 23, 2011 by Piter

Hello! I've had the same problem about one Jear ago. We h... - Jan 24, 2011 by Fönsi

Armando_Gomez

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Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 12 January, 2011

Hello guys !

I have a problem, I am finding some blow holes in the solder join in a resistors pad, can this be because of high humidity in the board?

does baking the boards fix the problem?

thanks

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Jacki

#63507

Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 12 January, 2011

How many % were affected? If a few,it can be caused bcoz of PCB coating. We had encountered it and PCB house replaced for faulty boards. Since then, we do test first if we hve to solder PCBs from this PCB house.

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davef

#63515

Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 13 January, 2011

We've never seen the defect that you describe, but in wave soldering-land blowholes usually are caused by moisture in the board that out-gasses through the too thin plating of through holes. * Bandaid fix: bake the boards * Long-term fix: Obtain board with 1 thou plating on through holes

It would be interesting if there was a cause and effect in your boards that was similar to the one in PTH wave soldered boards.

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Armando_Gomez

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Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 20 January, 2011

Hi I hope this pictures helps this is the link

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dyoungquist

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Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 20 January, 2011

Armando

Link does not work. Goes to a "page not found" error in flickr.

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Armando_Gomez

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Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 21 January, 2011

www.flickr.com/photos/94427924@N00/5372753378

hope this is better

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XPS

#63594

Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 21 January, 2011

Hi, in my experience, the humidity is trapped in the solder paste. Otherwise you can also try to : adjust preheat profile, and /or increase paste viscosity, and /or increase paste metal content (they are the most common causes).

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aci

#63596

Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 21 January, 2011

Try baking your boards first to remove the moisture. Moisture and boards that have not been drilled properly will cause pin hole or blow holes in PTH. Also take a look the surface of the pads before printing. You maybe contaminating the surfaces of the pads somehow. Maybe in storage?

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Piter

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Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 23 January, 2011

Hi In my experience try to change component to another batch or anther manufacturer it is very often problem in reflow when components have strange finish

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Fönsi

#63610

Blow hole on pad after reflow oven | 24 January, 2011

Hello!

I've had the same problem about one Jear ago. We had exessive building of voids in the solder joints. I recomment to take a pincer to break off some of the components. If the solder joint is good, the copper pad will stay at the solder joint on the component if you break off the component. If not, you can take a look at the structure of the solder joint. I guess, you will find more voids inside.

In my case, it was a trouble with condensing wather on the could solder paste. We solved the problem by changeing the solder paste handling.

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