Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 11:24:27 EDT 2014 | spoiltforchoice
Use an oil free compressor ;). My UK based answer would be: We treat our air at point of use with a desiccant air dryer by Walker Filtration (this unit looks remarkably similar to units by Mark, Beko and others (especially the controller) this dryer
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 10 09:41:37 EDT 2014 | bobpan
Can anyone recommend a top notch filter to remove oil from the compressed air lines. The filter will be placed before the machine. We have traps that catch .01 micron oil in the airline but it is still getting through to the machine. Thanks, Bob
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 25 09:59:41 EDT 2007 | slthomas
Plastic of any kind for compressed air is a code violation here. It's not just the pressure, it's the durability. PVC is pretty brittle and if you smack it with a pallet jack it's a lot more likely to shatter and generate high speed shrapnel than cop
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 25 11:31:40 EDT 2007 | realchunks
I have to disagree with you SWAG. Unless you thread it, it doesn't meet fire code. If you got connections that operators plug into, copper bends easy compared to other pipe. PVC is only allowed for compressed air if it is used underground (at leas
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 26 10:41:32 EDT 2007 | slthomas
We had a cooler fail once, before we had any SMT. Auto-insert was at the far end of the building, at the end of the compressed air line. When the Unimod (dip inserter) sprayed the operator with water when the pneumatic table rotation motor fired up
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 26 08:42:34 EDT 2007 | grantp
Hi, It's much better to add the cooler after the tank, as the tank will condense a lot of the water before it even hits the cooler and goes out. It's a much better system to have the tank between the compressor and then the cooler. The air also get
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 05 12:25:42 EDT 2010 | deanm
I think you are right. According to IPC-7526 section 6.2 says that using compressed air to blow out paste will damage the stencil, especially between fine pitch apertures. It can also broadcast solder paste onto other surfaces or personnel. I recomm
Electronics Forum | Thu May 28 16:18:01 EDT 2020 | SMTA-Brandon
The reason for recommendations about refrigerated vs. desiccant dryers commonly comes down to the ISO class of compressed air they deliver. Refrigerated dryers are most commonly used in ISO Class 4 compressed air, and can't dry the air enough to reac
Electronics Forum | Mon May 25 20:51:13 EDT 2020 | kylehunter
> A cheap piston compressor (like you might use in > a garage) should be rated such that it has ~50% > duty cycle, you don't want it running > continuously. They are very affordable but do > switch on and off between two essentiall
Electronics Forum | Thu May 21 12:53:38 EDT 2020 | spoiltforchoice
A cheap piston compressor (like you might use in a garage) should be rated such that it has ~50% duty cycle, you don't want it running continuously. They are very affordable but do switch on and off between two essentially hardwired setpoints. The b
