Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 20:33:35 EST 2005 | KEN
Rule 1: Clean it as soon as you see it! Don't let it dry. It's harder to clean up and can be easily injested when in a dry powder form. Rule 2: See rule 1
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 09 08:23:31 EST 2005 | davef
We don't have experience on this, but first we'd talk to a technical type at our solder paste supplier. Baring that, we'd: * Soak a paper towel in a 'solvent' [ie Kyzen XJN, EnviroSense Enviro Gold, Petroferm Hydrex, etc]. * Place the towel in conta
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 08 15:18:15 EST 2005 | Tim
Thanks for the response. What I am looking for is what personal protection or other safety precautions should be used when cleaning the machine of paste/dross/dust. Any experience with this?
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 07 15:39:18 EST 2005 | Tim
Hi, We are looking for the best method to clean dried solder paste and residue from screen printers and wave solder equipment. What do you use for vacuuming? For breathing protection?
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 08 09:56:05 EST 2005 | caldon
Tim- You have two separate issues 1) Stencils and 2) wave. Stencils you can purchase a ultrasonic system that will remove the paste automatically or you can use stencil wipes to remove it manually. I would refrain from using towels and IPA as it dilu
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 02 16:27:02 EDT 2010 | mac5
Does anyone have an opinion on using a SWIFFER dust mop for cleaning SMT line equipment?
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 04 07:01:43 EDT 2010 | clampron
Good Morning, I had looked into this several years ago. The Swiffer dust mops use static to capture and contain dust particles. That would make this a huge ESD concern. Electrical SMT equipment is grounded so any charge potential generated would be
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 15 10:02:27 EST 2018 | paulocabaca60
The question is that we are cleaning almost once per month and that is starting we we start producing a 8layers boards
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 15 08:00:35 EST 2018 | cbart
Hi many thanks for your help, I mean reflow > oven. Ok, yes, it sounds like the debris that builds up on fans/heaters/ducting may be making its way onto you product. if the exhaust fan that vents your machine failed this could be the cause, or it
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 11 15:11:23 EDT 1998 | Dave Celestian
I am running composite fixtures on my wave solder machine and after about 500 passes each (1 month)they are showing serious signs of wear in that the composite surface is bubbling up and glass fibers are also starting to show. The problem here is t