Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 10 12:57:25 EST 2009 | scottp
We've used mostly cartridges for many years and I only saw separation once when a particular paste supplier had a problem. With cartridges it's just thaw and use - no mixing. We have some sites that use jars along with mixers and I've never been co
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 04 08:49:45 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Define "expired" though... 1 week? 6 weeks? 1 month? 6 months? Unrefrigerated life is generally 30 days. If paste has been stored refrigerated at manufacturer recommended temperatures, what would you guys do, like say, if you owned your own shop
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 13 09:18:06 EST 2006 | sumxp
Certain paste mfg specify 6 hours paste thawing time to normalize the temperature. I am using solder paste softerner to spin the paste taken out from fridge for 9 minutes and measure the paste temperature in jar.It is around 26'c(same as the ambient
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 14 09:30:42 EST 2006 | cyber_wolf
Pardon me for being so bold, but I still cannot understand to this day why solder paste thawing is an issue. I am not sure what types of paste you all are using but it has been my experience that the only thing you gain by refrigerating is 3 months
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 10 09:06:47 EST 2009 | stepheniii
Just how cold do you store your paste? And what are your solder paste reps like? Here they fall over each other giving support for their paste. And have you seen the problem with flux separation or have you only heard about it?
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 08 08:52:42 EST 2009 | cunningham
How do people prepare there solder paste for screen print? We currently remove them from the fridge and mix them in a 500g solder paste tub mixer to mix the flux and paste together we waste to much paste at the moment as we only use the tub for 1
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 14 18:45:08 EST 2009 | gregoryyork
why not use a paste where it requires no refrigeration at all cheers Greg
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 15 00:09:26 EST 2009 | isd_jwendell
Which paste are you referring to?
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 12 04:37:52 EDT 2005 | chandran
1.Can anyone explain to me what is the clean and non clean solder? 2.What is the standard solder paste height spec for stencils 4mils,5mils and 6mils? 3.Whatis the meaning for ROHS?
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 08 11:55:28 EST 2009 | GSx
here some of them: http://www.mvent.com.ph/malcom/sps1.htm http://www.bikudo.com/product_search/details/116079/solder_paste_mixer.html http://www.japanunix.co.jp/ju_en/products/UM-103.html http://www.fancort.com/robotic/_solder_paste_mixer.html