Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 22 10:21:46 EST 2015 | charliedci
I am curious to know how others are providing N2 for their lead free selective soldering process. If you are utilizing a nitrogen generator, is it a PSA type or Membrane type? I am trying to get a handle on nitrogen purity and what purity is necessar
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 23 11:27:45 EST 2015 | charliedci
Per our selective solder provider, they recommend a PSA type generator to supply the needed 99.999% pure N2. The membrane type (which we have) does not provide the minimum (99.995%) purity necessary for lead free wave soldering. They happen to sell P
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 23 10:31:01 EST 2015 | rgduval
What are the continuing costs on the N2 generator? Is there replaceable media that needs to be monitored/replaced at regular intervals to maintain N2 generation? We're currently using tank-supplied N2, but are just getting ready to fire up our sele
Electronics Forum | Sat Jan 24 02:10:42 EST 2015 | comatose
Liquid is significantly cheaper than compressed gas tanks if you are in continuous production. Of course, it will eat your lunch if you're running things for a few days, then the machine sits idle for two weeks. It boils off whether you use it or n
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 23 12:34:28 EST 2015 | dyoungquist
Our nitrogen generator and an air drying unit came with the selective solder machine when it was purchased new in 2008 as a package deal. We originally were feeding the system with air that was not properly dried. That lead to some maintenance cost
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 23 16:11:38 EST 2015 | rgduval
Charlie, For the 300 cylinder (the largest Airgas sells), it's going to cost about $66/cylinder for the gas (plus delivery charges). They also charge a $99/year lease for the cylinder. Based on those costs, and a low-end N2 generator system that I
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 03 09:43:55 EST 2005 | lupo
Check flux penetration and type of flux. How much is solid contents. The solder filling is better under Nitrogen. Check the time (speed) of the nozzle whether is correct. Usually For SAC305 the temperature of bath is 320C/degrees, but only for sel
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 21 10:25:44 EDT 2005 | Fred Saffer
A thorough analysis is in order because laser point-to-point soldering lacks the flexibility of the bottom sided miniwave systems. My experience showed that heating profiles could be grossly affected by color temperature and thermal mass. This can be
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 08:54:40 EST 2024 | SMTA-64304553
Trying to understand the impact of iron contamination above IPC recommendations (0.02%) on selective solder joints. Brittleness and discolouration are known but are there other factors that should be accounted for?
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 24 18:03:43 EDT 2012 | rmazenha
Hi, i am using AIM 264-5 No Clean flux for soldering alpaca pieces on PCB boads, but i am having problems: poor filling and no solder. I am using SAC 305 lead free solder. I have tried to change flux pressure, time, ammount as well solder speed an
