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LEAD-FREE SOLDER BALLS
This product is also featured in the sections "IT Components & Materials"
and "Computers & Semiconductor IC Products."
Overview
Using new manufacturing techniques, Hitachi Metals has developed inexpensive, high-quality LEAD-FREE SOLDER BALLS for ball-grid-array (BGA) and chip-scale-package (CSP) applications.

Proprietary Features
  • High-speed droplet cutting enables accelerated production.
  • As no oil is needed in the manufacturing process, surface oxidation can be controlled.
  • Permits only minor variations in composition

Solder Ball Manufacturing Methods
Conventional Method:
Oil-based Granulation
Uniform Droplet Spray Method
  • Solder materials must undergo processing to make fine-wire and foil solders.
  • It requires a time-consuming oil-removal process and results in inferior surface properties.
  • Production speed is slow.
  • Facilitates use of solder materials that are difficult to form into fine-wire and foil solders.
  • Oil-free process; limits surface oxidation
  • Virtually no variation in surface composition

    Range of Production Sizes Applications
    Diameter: 60~760ɠm This method enables the production of balls from all basic lead-free solder materials, including Sn-Ag, Sn-Ag-Cu, Sn-Ag-Cu-Bi, Sn-Bi, Sn-Cu and Sn-Zn.

    Prior to Adoption Warning
     • Cautionary Items
      - Solder balls cannot be handled with bare hands.
      - Use immediately after opening
     • Usage Restrictions
      - Solder balls may become deformed or exhibit defects when subjected to extreme stress or vibrations.
      - Blackening may occur if solder materials are kept in the ball mounter for extended periods.
     • Application Environment
      - Small solder balls should not be used in extremely humid or dry conditions.
      - Balls should be used only in a clean room.

    Inquiries
    Specialty Steel Company
      Tel.: +81-3-5765-4410
      Inquiry Form


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