Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 16:05:33 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, Do you mean selective palettes in the wave? We are running those, and it makes the process window tight, but once we got there, it's great. Pre heating the board was a bit difficult, but we got it right, and went for a water based flux. Not sure
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 16 22:33:54 EDT 2005 | davef
Peter: Please explain: * You say, "The cooling phase is important to perform the strength of the solder joint." [We agree that fast cooling rates produce fine grain in solder and that fine grained solder connections are stronger than coarse grained.
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 21 09:23:35 EDT 2024 | alishakihn
Good morning! I'm sorry to hear about the anomalies you're experiencing with your inline wash. Dealing with foaming issues can be challenging, but I'll do my best to provide some suggestions to help you troubleshoot the problem. 1. Check the Water Q
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 01 07:18:29 EDT 2020 | proceng1
We are using Superior 515 flux to clean and tin selective solder nozzles. Yesterday the flux turned a bright yellow (like a highlighter) when heated after the flux being applied. This does not happen with our Lead Free solder, only the Lead alloy.
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 09 13:39:48 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Mask finish is the #1 variable for micro-balling with wave and selective processes. The #2 variable is the Flux. There are some flux formulations out there who're known to have additives that virtually eliminate micro-balling. However, keep in min
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 09 13:03:22 EST 2008 | patrickbruneel
Matte solder mask greatly reduces the potential for solder balls, and since you altered the machine parameters with no improvement it might be flux related. Do you use a VOC free (water based) or alcohol based no-clean flux? Do you use machine settin
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 13:16:25 EST 2008 | ck_the_flip
Yes, the previous "non-balling" flux was alcohol based, but very weak activity. We found it was worth the switch to water-based, to get prettier solder joints - but...at the expense of having to "brush off" solder balls on a couple of assemblies wit
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 13:47:11 EST 2008 | realchunks
Yes, the mask finish is prolly the #1 contributor to solder balling. Seen it many times. It's not that it's cured or not, went down that path about 3 or 4 times as well. Different fluxes can help too. But also check your preheat. If your are get
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 14:03:18 EST 2008 | patrickbruneel
Hi �Pb-Head� I agree with everything you say, except for your statement that alcohol based fluxes perform poorly with convection heat. The fluxes you tried might have performed poorly, but that doesn�t mean that all alcohol based fluxes perform poor
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 12:37:17 EST 2008 | gregoryyork
SORRY I did not offer a solution so here goes - The best way to get rid of this issue if you cant change flux is to reduce your flux consumption to a minimal with a spray flux and keep the heat REALLY high to boil off the alcohol before it can be abs
