Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 21 17:49:52 EDT 2004 | jsk
problem: Too many solvents and boards are not clean Flux remains on the board after vapor degreaser and "Powdery" white residue after vapor degreasing Flux type is kester 186 Process: hand solder High Temp alloy, spot clean after hand solder e
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 14:41:41 EDT 2004 | Steve Stach
Dear JSK, It sounds like the root causes of your problem are two fold. First, excessive heat will polymerize the abietic acid found in rosin forming neo-abietic diamers and polymers which are much less soluble than the parent monomer. There are
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 22 05:01:19 EDT 2011 | azrina
Hi, I am doing my master degree in flux cleaning process for flip chip assemblies and required to establish a new receipt for flux cleaning. currently, i am doing screening process for the parameters involve ; temp,pressure, surfactants, speed and a
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 17 22:14:42 EST 2005 | Chua
Hi Davef, Thanks for your advise...... We are running no-clean process. If there is white residues after few days.....is it cause by those excess flux. Thanks
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 29 21:27:21 EDT 2019 | aqueous
It depends on the flux type. If it's water soluble, it should be cleaned soon after reflow because OA flux remains active after reflow. If it's rosin or no-clean (low-residue), then the only concern is the longer wait time, the more difficult it will
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 25 21:45:22 EDT 2024 | buckeye
I got an inquiry from one of our electronics labs with regards to their soldering processes. They use eutectic (63% Sn, 37% Pb) solder. For liquid flux they are currently using Kester 186, which is an old-school, full rosin (RMA and ROL1) flux that c
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 28 21:43:57 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Yes to your stone question. This pretty much goes with any flux change. Yes to the proper solvent for the flux you choose. Check with the Kester Data Sheets. Kester should have some application sheets which include some No-Clean information.
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 28 21:54:54 EST 2003 | MA/NY DDave
Hi Notice they do call out that you should use their thinner. In the MSDS you get a clue as to the thinner they are mostly using with some additives. http://www.kester.com/PDF%20FILES/PDF%20Data%20Sheets/E%20No-Clean%20Fluxes/951%20(30Mar98)logo.p
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 17 19:46:39 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Murad: Your customer is smart to be concerned about the affect of changing production processes on product reliability. Your Company is smart to inform customers and keep them in the loop about these changes. In developing your demonstration of th
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 18 23:24:50 EST 2006 | grantp
Hi, Yes, I would hate to resort to cleaning, but the product must be clean. We have been using palettes to keep most of the flux off the PCB, but there is still residue around the connectors. Does anyone suggest a good no clean flux to use with le
