Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 12:32:36 EST 2007 | realchunks
You "guys" crack me up. OK, how about bottles of tequila?
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 10:28:49 EST 2007 | Earl Jr.
We use to use a malcom mixer but found it caused problems of solder/flux separation. This may be causing you problems. Earl Jr
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 11:15:58 EST 2007 | slthomas
Gaaaahhhh! NEVER mention man law and turning bottles of fine wine (metro law) in the same statement. You'll tear a hole in the time/space continuum.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 00:03:28 EST 2007 | Stephen- SMT engineer trainee
Thanks for you reply CL. For Q2, I want to know that is there are any ratio of mixing new or old soldering paste? Also, can we put the "working jar" and opened unused solder paste to refrigator and soft it by solder paste softer in next time of prod
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 10:19:36 EST 2007 | slthomas
Then how do we explain the poor printing performance (appears to be rheology based, paste thickening/drying, poor aperture fill, sticking to the blades, etc.) of paste that has exceeded it's shelf life? You know, the stuff that no amount of stirring
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 15:42:45 EST 2007 | slthomas
Now yer talkin'! FTR, I've seen 7 month old (5 month shelf life in a 45� F fridge) WS based pastes in tubes turn to clay and refuse to print through anything less than about 50 mil pitch. This was stuff stored in the fridge per mfr's spec. I suspe
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 12:42:57 EST 2007 | realchunks
CL pretty much hit the nail on the head. But also remember that solder paste will not go "bad" if not kept cool. It is not a fruit or perishable item (sorry guys, it's not). It's just metal and flux. The only reason they want you to keep it cool
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 01:22:35 EST 2007 | samsim
Hi Stephen, Q2) As per my understanding, no solder paste supplier or any organisation provide Mixing standard or ratio as it is not recommanded. However, I do know that some company, they allow mixing of old and new solder paste (as solder paste is
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 16 16:46:25 EST 2007 | realchunks
Well, I do know that different solder pastes have different lives. Sh@t, some solder pastes change characteristics from lot to lot. That's why we always restest solder pastes from different lots when doing an evaluation. Some of it has to do with
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 13 03:43:38 EST 2007 | Stephen- SMT engineer trainee
We are now using solder paste(OM325) and I have some problems on the folowing process: 1. We use the solder paste softer(Malcom SP-1) to warm-up for 20 mins, when it just take from refrigerator. Is there any problems for solderpaste performance? 2.
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