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May 22, 2013
Is Baking Required After Water Cleaning?
Program: Board Talk
Component Storage Recommendations
Program: Ask the Experts
Circuit Board Moisture Sensitivity and Baking
Program: Board Talk
Zip-lock Bags vs. Heat Sealed Bags
Program: Ask the Experts
Do Vacuum Packed PCBs Need Baking?
Program: Board Talk
Is Baking Required After Aqueous Cleaning?
Program: Ask the Experts
Moisture Measurements in PCBs
Program: Analysis Lab
Keys for Moisture Sensitive Device Control
Program: Board Talk
BGA Component Moisture Exposure
Program: Ask the Experts
Spec for Baking Assemblies Prior to Rework
Program: Ask the Experts
Is PCB Baking Necessary?
Program: Ask the Experts
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These programs cover baking, curing, ovens, moisture control and more.
Is Baking Required After Water Cleaning?
Is Baking Required After Water Cleaning?
Do circuit board assemblies need to be baked after routine aqueous cleaning? If so, how long and at what temperature?
Program: Board Talk
Component Storage Recommendations
Component Storage Recommendations
What do you recommend as an environment for component storage to prohibit oxidation? Humidity, nitrogen, temperature etc.
Program: Ask the Experts
Circuit Board Moisture Sensitivity and Baking
Circuit Board Moisture Sensitivity and Baking
The dicussion focuses on concerns regarding IPC's guideline for handling and storage of circuit boards specifically covering moisture sensitivity and baking.
Program: Board Talk
Zip-lock Bags vs. Heat Sealed Bags
Zip-lock Bags vs. Heat Sealed Bags
Are zip-lock bags vs. heat sealed bags an acceptable option for storage of moisture sensitive components?
Program: Ask the Experts
Do Vacuum Packed PCBs Need Baking?
Do Vacuum Packed PCBs Need Baking?
Do we need to bake PCBs that are vacuum packed? Can additional baking cause other problems? Let's cover the bases.
Program: Board Talk
Is Baking Required After Aqueous Cleaning?
Is Baking Required After Aqueous Cleaning?
Do assembled circuit board assemblies need to be baked after routine aqueous cleaning?
Program: Ask the Experts
Moisture Measurements in PCBs
Moisture Measurements in PCBs
Paper discusses use of capacitance measurements to follow the absorption and desorption behavior of moisture in PCBs.
Program: Analysis Lab
Keys for Moisture Sensitive Device Control
Keys for Moisture Sensitive Device Control
Our customer is requesting documentation on our MSD program. We attach travelers to every group of MSD components whenever they are taken out of the moisture barrier bag; is this good enough?
Program: Board Talk
BGA Component Moisture Exposure
BGA Component Moisture Exposure
We mistakenly assembled boards using BGA components with moisture tags that show indication of moisture exposure. Can we rebake the assemblies?
Program: Ask the Experts
Spec for Baking Assemblies Prior to Rework
Spec for Baking Assemblies Prior to Rework
What is the industry consensus for baking out moisture in circuit board assemblies prior to convection rework, localized mini-wave rework, or hand soldering rework?
Program: Ask the Experts
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