Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 12 12:37:27 EDT 2006 | pegasus59
MY PARTS SUPPLIER PRICES SEEM HIGH FOR PARTS FOR MY WAVE SOLDER. I AM LOOKING FOR AIR STONES FOR THE FLUX. ANY BODY HAVE OTHER OUTLETS I CAN LOOK IN TO?
Electronics Forum | Sat Nov 07 18:18:58 EST 2015 | ttheis
Hi everyone, We just got our first wave soldering machine operational (novastar 8s) and its working great. I'm just a little unsure about how to best maintain the foam fluxer daily. Do you drain it from the machine each day or just cover the flux t
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 26 16:51:47 EST 2002 | davef
First, an earlier poster suggested using DI water. We are NOT excited about DI water with a NC fluxer, unless DI water is the proper flux thinner. Second, as you inplied, the maintenance steps you take should vary according to the amount of time th
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 20 14:03:53 EDT 2011 | russw
We don't have the equipment to check specific gravity, we just assume what's on the bottle is correct and we've never had a problem. The stone sits in an open chamber, so there really isn't any pressure to check. When we vary the air flow, the foam
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 18 22:02:50 EST 2006 | KEN
Not sure on that exact hardware setup. However, given the vintage I would make sure all hoses and stone fittings are not leaking air.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 07 16:33:42 EST 2011 | russw
OK, still haven't figured this out. New flux, new air pump, new tubing, new stone, but flux still not rising enough. Pump has correct voltage. We've eliminated everything, but we still cannot find the problem. What else could possible keep the fl
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 18 09:24:45 EST 2006 | ev
We are a small CM doing mostly prototype and small production runs SMT and PTH. We have an old Hollis machine works well when we need it. The foam level does not come up to the board level, even with the air cranked up full. We are using a synthetic
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 27 14:21:11 EST 2002 | MA/NY DDave
Hi DaveF, Thanks a Good to Great approach. I would still recommend getting another one, just in case. I am never too sure about how anyone follows procedures and maybe the start up just won't go well for some reason and you don't want to piddle a
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 08 15:27:25 EST 2015 | davef
Thinner: Flux thinner, NOT paint thinner We kept a spare stone in thinner in inventory. We cut PVC pipe to size, cap in one end, screw thread on the other, stone inside, filled with flux thinner and covered with a screw cap. I don't remember who we
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 20 11:28:20 EDT 2011 | russw
We've got a Novastar 12S wave solder machine and we've been using Kester 951 flux for years with no problems. We just got a new bottle of 951 and it does not foam correctly (thin foam with lots of large bubbles). After a lot of back and forth with
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