Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 11:41:53 EDT 2003 | k_h
I've never heard of steaming a board either. You said that steaming cleans it better after the wash process. What is the steaming process cleaning that the washer isn't, flux residue, solder balls, or what? Also, try and identify the main difference
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 08:44:06 EDT 2003 | davef
So, steaming your boards in a box makes them cleaner? Never heard of that. What are you removing from your boards? The longer the conveyor in your washer, the faster you can run it, but then again it's longer. Consider that a saponifier or someth
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 27 00:15:04 EDT 2004 | ppwlee
We had a similar application to rewash excessive flux residues through a chemical wash, steam clean, and DI rinse. We currently have an inline cleaner. Can you comment what kind of steamer (made and manufacturer) is being referred to in this discussi
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 23 13:42:18 EDT 2003 | Mr. B
This is sensetivity and heat and direct pressure of this board. I guess they have tried different things in the past with new washers and paste. The customer is satistified with this method so if not broken dont fix it I guess. I thought I would thr
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 24 13:07:48 EDT 2003 | Mr. B
Yes it is Di water and is tested after washing. The customers boards pass inspection testing before the wash but the customer likes to see them CLEAN.
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 24 16:02:05 EDT 2003 | razor
Sorry for responding with questions... Exactly what is it that you are removing from the board? How clean does your customer want it, aka... how clean is CLEAN?
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 24 09:34:37 EDT 2003 | caldon
We autoclave our medical PC boards (Sorry Bad Joke). With the Steam process I am concerned that the water (Solution) is not Clean. So I am curious to the process of steam cleaning: Is It Presure Steam? is the Water DI, ION free, street water...? you
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 22 13:05:01 EDT 2003 | Mr. B
I am curious on some opinions on cleaning of boards. We have a board wash but after the wash we still need to stem them for better cleaniness. The timed steaming is prox. 2 mins a side and by the way this is a medical board. So if you got and suggest
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 24 18:30:01 EDT 2003 | stepheno
I thought autoclaving was cleaning (well sterlizing) something with steam and pressure. It almost sounds like that is what is happening to the boards in question. Are they being "cleaned" or sterilized? During this steam cleaning, is all air evactu
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 20 07:18:42 EDT 2018 | proceng1
Has anyone else been experiencing this lately? We have had a rash of boards that come in properly vacuum sealed. We store them in the hot room until we are ready to build, and we get bubbles under the solder mask. We've had 4 different jobs, all di
