Introduction
What are the WEEE and RoHS Directives?
How will the Directives affect my company?
Actions for complying with WEEE
Actions for complying with RoHS
Introduction to Lead-Free
Choosing your materials
Laminates
Solderable finishes
Components
Component finishes
Lead-free solders
Soldering
Hand Soldering
Reflow Soldering
Wave Soldering
Faults
Solder Balling
Tombstoning
Fillet Lifting
Tin Whiskering
Tin Pest
Component failure
Popcorning
PCB warping
Conductive Anodic Filaments
PCB Barrel Cracking
Measling and delamination
Inspection
Optical Inspection
X-ray inspection
In circuit testing (ICT)
Inspection summary
Lead-Free reliability
Factors impacting long term reliability
Testing
General observations
Reliability summary
Further information
How do I raise awareness?
Tools resources and further information
Site map
Lead-Free


Lead-Free

This section of the toolkit contains detailed information specific to the subject of Lead-Free assembly. As well as giving an introduction to the subject it also contains technically detailed information on different aspects of manufacturing including possible problems and failures encountered when moving to Lead-Free.