Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 19 09:47:23 EDT 2017 | georgetruitt
You have a lot to think about! What does the flux manufacturer recommend as far as specifics like water temp or pressure? Do they recommend high temp di-water a detergent or saponifier? Do you currently have a cleaning machine, batch cleaner or inl
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 12 07:58:54 EST 2015 | erezah
A-610E, 10.7.4 covers solder mask discoloration. > Use that for your disposition > > In a previous > thread, Boardhouse told us "Here are a couple of > things that can affect color. * Material color > is the major, * Matte green from Enthone wou
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 01 11:08:03 EST 1998 | Bill Schreiber
Smart Sonic's 440-R SMT Detergent cleans all types of solder paste, wet SMD adhesives and post solder flux residue from misprinted PCBs, stencils and tooling. 440-R SMT Detergent is non hazardous and is certified by the Air Quality Management Distri
Electronics Forum | Sun May 25 10:30:31 EDT 2008 | necdetozyonum
Dear All, I would like to take your opinion about the result that we have faced after cleaning the PC assemblies in a cleaning machine (Miele Dishwasher) with the cleaning detergent Qualitek Everkleen 1005. We use DI water for cleaning purpose in t
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 25 18:54:16 EST 2004 | Mike Konrad
A surfactant (AKA detergent) is great for OA flux removal applications. It has a good surface tension reducing property and is more easily rinsed than soaps. If using a soap or surfactant, be sure that you choose one that has a good de-foaming pack
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 08 10:11:27 EDT 2004 | Dreamsniper
Hi Guys, Have you tried using a standard dish washer for cleaning PCB's with BGA's. What detergent or cleaning chemicals did you used? I wonder if it will work to clean a WS Flux PCB using the dish washer then get it rinsed by an old aqueou cleaner
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 05 13:08:16 EST 2001 | billschreiber
Hi Roger, Our customers use their Smart Sonic Stencil Cleaners for cleaning SMT and wave pallets. There are two primary protocols used. 1) If you have a large quantity of pallets and they are becoming contaminated rapidly, a dedicated stencil clean
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 23 14:20:48 EDT 2002 | russ
We have not yet sent this out for analysis, So, I don't really know what it is. initial evaluation would lead me to believe that it is flux since it is only present on the solder joints themselves and nowhere else. I noticed that you also mentioned
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 26 18:54:56 EDT 2008 | swag
Thanks for the replies. Our customer has shifted toward allowing us to prove that our current cleaning process can provide a product that meets their cleanliness requirements using our current paste/wire/flux products. (This is just a pilot build f
Electronics Forum | Tue May 03 10:57:22 EDT 2005 | Frank R.
We received about 5K assembly boards from china. They left flux residu on top of the board and the flux they use was different than us. RESULT ... we use a translucent cylicon to cover the board and it was not possible to dry the cylicon because of
