Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 29 11:30:56 EST 2009 | rgduval
As others have said, you'll have some difficulties getting good reflow on pb-free out of a 3-zone oven. We did it with a 4-zone for awhile, but only had really good success on low thermal density boards. That said, you should definitely check your
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 29 20:57:06 EST 2009 | padawanlinuxero
HI!!! its a ERSA Reflow Oven HotFLOW 7 and I really appreciate some help thanks
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 29 16:51:57 EST 2009 | gregoryyork
Hi Small ovens work fine if the settings are correct and I seriously doubt 55cm/min is right. Profile it and speed down to around 35cm/min. Increase first zone to around 170 keep second at 208 but increase last to around 280 BUT profile to check it
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 28 21:47:56 EST 2009 | padawanlinuxero
Hello! I am having trouble with the new changes from lead joint to lead free joint, we are working on change to lead free, I am using a 3 zone oven reflow, the zone temps are : zone 1 zone 2 zone 3 (top and bottom) 128 208 260 th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 30 06:28:42 EST 2009 | gregoryyork
Hi Armando Hotflow 7 is a big machine and one of the best Reflow ovens around (in my opinion), well suited for Lead Free. A typical 1.6mm board has the following settings for Lead Free SAC305 paste All Temperature settings are Top and Bottom Prehea
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 11 08:55:49 EDT 2005 | greg
One more question. Is it realy worth to have reflow oven with nitrogen for lead free?. What are yours experiences? Greg
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 11 07:46:51 EDT 2005 | mmjm_1099
Make sure you find out that short to longer ovens are both Lead-Free capable. If you want respond here on what they say for future reference for people.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 24 15:50:11 EDT 2004 | Rob
hi all What do you think about soldering pb-free in reflow oven (air) lenght 1,7m (5 zones top,bottom) with max zone temp. 300C? Do you think that this process will be stable? Our max PCb dimension 260x260 mm. When i compare different oven producer t
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 11 06:37:59 EDT 2005 | amstech
As long as you have a continuous profile with required soak and dwell periods, the zone lengths do not matter. For lead free, usually ramp to peak is preffered.that is with minimum soak (you can not avoid soak anyway. You can achieve the profiles irr
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 05 12:51:19 EDT 2010 | peteb
Need recommendations on brands and models of reflow ovens for lead free. Small benchtop for prototyping and short runs. Board size about 10" by 10". What works well? What to stay away from? Thanks for any input and advice.
