Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 01 09:58:52 EST 2003 | davef
You're entirely correct. The gold is most likely gone away. [Don't forget you can check if the surface is still solderable with a hand soldering iron.] We're not sure it it will give you the results you seek, but consider using a dye penetrant fai
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 12 18:12:15 EST 1999 | B. Walton
Spray cleaners are poor alternatives to todays ultrasonic stencil cleaners. Ultrasonics are the way to go and you can use rather benign water based chemistries to get the job done. As for screening adhesives and cleaning glue residue with spray wands
Electronics Forum | Fri May 22 13:14:42 EDT 1998 | Earl Moon
| | | | Y'all: IPC set-up a site addressing the environmental issues of the printed circuit fabrication industry. Some of it is interesting and applicable to the assembly business as well, even though not aimed directly at assemblers. IPC has rece
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 07 17:17:55 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Ashok: You should select and use low residue tapes. But ya know, ya go out and research a great tape and if yer not careful, the buyer will second source ya and (surprise) ya got residues again. We have found that Lemme say this about Katon tape
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 30 20:11:35 EDT 1999 | Mike Konrad
It is true that the use of saponifiers (and other water soluble additives) will lower the surface tension and aid in under component penetration. It is also true, however, that other specific design features within a batch machine can also aid in un
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 06 12:32:20 EDT 1998 | Roxanne Picou
March 31, 1998-Austin, TX --- Austin American Technology announces a new Pre-Wash feature for the Mega� II to operate in conjunction with AAT's patented closed-loop regenerative cleaning process. This feature allows for an optional dual chemistry
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 29 05:14:06 EST 1999 | Graham Naisbitt
Hi guys, I really am at a loss to understand this one. It would appear that there may be some reaction between the flux and the resist? Or maybe you have an OSP on the board that is reacting during soldering? As a fast fix, maybe you should try a
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 06 08:32:09 EDT 2001 | davef
Mr. Wizard is not currently available. You get the wizzer. Maybe your dream date will show later. Get your own lab tests done. Show your potential customer that your boards are clean. That�s the issue. The issue is not how you go about cleaning
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 10 12:52:21 EST 1999 | Dick Casagrande
|I'm getting in a little late on this but my 2 cents is: We have been using no-clean flux for a few years now but up till last month were still cleaning (the white residue) our boards (all thru hole). Finally did some investigation and found the flux