Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 31 04:04:32 EDT 2005 | Slaine
im running some tests at the moment for hand soldering using a no residue water based flux from MBO, called WBF-01. leaves a good clean finish.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 08 10:29:15 EST 2007 | jaime39
The water soluble flux residue is staying there because the rinsing temperature it may be too low. The flux needs about 130-140 degrees celcius to become soft. If you are using water soluble flux, as per IPC A 610 standards it needs to be remove comp
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 27 20:33:50 EST 2006 | greg york
water alone especially cold is not good enough, how do you check for hasl fluids when most residues left behind after improper cleaning are non ionic. Use 40C saponifier followed by heated rinse then cold rinse then DI rinse followed by dry.Nylon bru
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 26 10:54:37 EST 2006 | yusufgomec
We use hot air leveling (HAL) process in pcb production. HAL process is 3 steps. �n 1. step flux. 2. step is HAL. And 3. step is rinsing. As you know there is mustn't any flux after rinsing operation. Our flux chemical is water soluable. But there ar
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 01 09:50:01 EDT 2001 | lumidor
Our PCBs manufactured with no clean flux have a waxy film on the board...is this normal? Our contract manufacturer recently switched to no clean from water wash. Thanks Carl
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 15 11:43:13 EST 2007 | fredericksr
celsius or fahrenheit? I am not entirely familiar with the deeper details of HASL, but 130F-140F is adequate to clean many of the water-soluble fluxes used for component soldering.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 03 11:20:41 EDT 2009 | thunderdog5000
I have a customer that is having a flux residue problem after wave soldering. Flux is roaring through the board to the top side and leaving a residue. This is only happening on the flat stamped leads. The round leads are fine. They are using Supe
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 01 14:12:50 EST 2000 | Jim M.
My company currently uses water soluble paste for our SMT process. We were having trouble retaining hot water in our in line, closed loop DI cleaner. The cleaner kept shutting down when the water temp. dropped below 125C. As a result, the conveyor
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 06 10:34:21 EDT 2001 | Mike Konrad
Hi Jeff, Sean is correct. Although ultrasonic technology will work in post-reflow de-fluxing applications, you will receive concerns regarding ultrasonic �damage� to wire bonded components. Much has been written to combat this belief but the conce
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 06 10:58:54 EDT 2001 | Steve
If I had to deal with this problem, I would switch to water soluble paste. It is a much more cost effective solution.
