Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 16 21:29:03 EDT 2001 | davef
Cleaning RMA with water is bad news. It will turn your solder connections white and remove none of the RMA residues. There was a thread on removing RMA within the past two weeks on SMTnet. Check the fine SMTnet Archives. Additionally, look at M
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 15 05:15:24 EDT 2004 | Adam
I have chceked the fluxing application, I seem to be getting good consistent coverage across the board using our foam fluxing system. Good flux penetration on the top-side of the through-hole plating, as this was checked using a fax paper.There is no
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 22 17:03:55 EST 1999 | Ross Berntson
| I'm currently planning to do an evaluation of RMA flux solder pastes for mil type applications. Does anyone have any suggestions for vendors to try? I'm especailly interested in pastes that aid application on boards with 20 mil pitch. | I am fro
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 08 11:04:47 EST 2003 | Joe
Mark, You've already received some good advice from the other posters. The one thing I would add is that even if you solve your printing issues on this type of part, the relative small quantity of paste may be prone to soldering problems. Ever s
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 15:07:00 EDT 2004 | jsmith01
I ran some test samples with a water soluble past (Amatech ws488). I also tried hand soldering using an Alpha ws375 wave soldering flux and some old fashioned RMA. The results are pretty much the same. Some of the joints look a better that others b
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 06 22:09:53 EST 2001 | Greenman
Cory, I've got a lot of experience of testing of this type. The physical (not chemical) nature of the flux residues is the crucial issue in compatibility. If you have a softer residue (either caused by a thick initial solder paste deposit, or a low p
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 20 21:25:32 EST 1999 | Tony A
| I get white residue on my PCBs after vapor degreasing. No comments on the vapor degreaser. Yes, I still use one of these. I use a vapor degreaser and a 1,1,1 replacement solvent due to the quick clean and quick dry times. Anyway, I only get whi
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 22 10:21:46 EDT 1998 | Dave F
| Hi all, | I am new to SMT. In past I've made many PCB boards with my small hands at home, but I've used regular technology drilling the holes for the components. | I am trying to use SMT for my projects. SOP packages I was able to solder using a re
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 13:50:49 EDT 1998 | Lou
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 16 13:47:36 EDT 1998 | Lou
| We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X
