Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 08 17:29:20 EST 2002 | davef
Your research is on track. NC flux needs to reach activation temperature. Also, do not depend on the corrosion characteristics associated with the flux classification (ie, L1, L0, M1, M0, etc.), until the flux is activated by exposure to soldering
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 16 08:06:52 EST 2005 | zsolt
Grant is right, also for us was the easiest solution to us custom pallets. But you should also try to tweak preheat zones settings. The flux manufacturer should give you some basic temperatures where the flux gets activated. Also it is worth to make
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 12 07:47:41 EDT 2010 | rgduval
Talk to your paste manufacturer, they can recommend a reflow profile (as well as advise the paste activation temperature, and liquidous reflow points. The ENIG finish should not affect your reflow parameters any more than the solder paste. Typicall
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 21 17:11:58 EST 2011 | davef
Kim: We understand what you're saying. For us, fluxing the BGA and activating the flux are the issues. * If you're squirting liquid flux under the BGA with a plastic bottle with a needle tip on it and then reflowing less than the whole board with a
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 15 08:48:53 EDT 2015 | davef
Sure, the formulation and purpose of a soldering flux and a socket cleaner are basically the same. Off the top of my head, differences are: * Activation temperature: soldering flux [~200*C], socket cleaner [~120*F] * Compatibility with some solder
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 22 16:07:36 EDT 1999 | Rick
| | Do solders exist that are both lead-free and low-temperature (e.g. 100-170 Celsius range)? If so, who supplies these materials? Any websites or contact information would be most helpful. | | | | Also, I am not an expert on soldering, so any
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 01 15:33:19 EDT 2010 | davef
"-How do these lint-free rags remove the flux that seeps under components = no matter its a no-clean material and we are removing for esthestics only." Don't think so ... Let's be clear. Low residue fluxes are benign only if: * Applied in amounts ac
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 22 15:41:39 EDT 2007 | davef
Bruno The real question about your troop using Kester 951 wave solder flux on boards is: how is the flux applied and controlled. See, when you apply this flux with your wave solder fluxer, it is ideally applied in a metered fashion with your fluxer
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 11 23:32:43 EST 2007 | M.Haris
1. After reflow some boards start producing bumps/bubbles which damage the internal layers causeing PCBs failed in Electrical-testing. How can I eradicate this problem from my assembling process? 2. If SMT components are mounted on non-rigid FLEX PC
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 03:58:10 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| What are the factors that go into determining PCB Board temperature requirements for the Wavesolder process? Most of the recipes I've seen call for preheating the PCB to around 230F - 250F. This temp is about 210F - 230F below the typical solder te
