Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 27 16:55:32 EDT 2005 | scombs
Does anyone one have any suggestions on what containers to use to put the solder (lead) into? We used aluminum bread pans last time since we wanted to reuse the solder and that was not such a hot idea. It took forever to tear the pans apart to get th
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 27 19:59:17 EDT 2005 | Alan
Contact your solder supplier and ask if you can borrow the moulds that they use when they cast the solder. We have done this before to empty one of our wave solder pots. We didn't have to coat the moulds with anything at all, just fill them up, cool
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 12 15:31:06 EST 2006 | Cmiller
It really does not say what it is. We used to use oil on our wave, it even had a built in pump and drain in the pot to keep it fresh and at the right level, worked great, made a hell of a mess. A big no-no for no-clean. I think most people got away f
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 11 12:37:56 EDT 2006 | realchunks
Rob is right. ESD flooring is "Conductive" which means it can drain ESD from the body. But if you have an insulated shoe, it does not good, the ESD remains on the body. Now if you wear a smock, then you can rub ballons in your hair and touch any
Electronics Forum | Mon May 07 11:08:13 EDT 2007 | gregoryyork
Are the pallets hot and killing the foam head as they pass over or is the air pressure on the air knife toi high travelling back along the board killing the foam. If these are OK make sure you have sufficient back flow onthe wave and you are draining
Electronics Forum | Mon May 07 12:11:33 EDT 2007 | colormaker
I have the option of increasing the wave pump but when I do the wave is very unstable. Do you have the possibility to create a backflow at the wave to drain the oxides away from the board? Not sure how to do this I wish I have the old 1962 7' holl
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 24 12:26:33 EDT 2008 | dyoungquist
We are purchasing an ultrasonic cleaner to clean pcb asseblies that have been produced with water soluble flux based solder. After cleaning a batch of assemblies, the water in the cleaner will need to be disposed of. My question is: Do we need to
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 24 12:42:35 EDT 2008 | slthomas
Your flux residues may be acceptable for your drain, but the solder balls won't be. You'll need to filter and dispose of the filters per your local city, county, and state regs. Either that or just boil the water off and dispose of the dry remains wi
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 24 13:46:21 EDT 2008 | bschreiber
I know it is not what you want to hear, but first and foremost, you must consult your local regulating agencies and here is why: Solder paste contains heavy metals. We are all familiar with the problems associated with lead, but lead free solder pas
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 31 09:55:09 EDT 2009 | pjc
What is the common practice for cleaning Tin/Lead and Lead Free solderpaste on stencils- some machines have filtration I'm told, so its not an issue according to the mfrs. On machines that don't have filtration do you run one after the other? Do you
