Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 17:02:10 EDT 2008 | allwave
What brand of flux and wave solder machine are you using? George
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 26 13:44:14 EDT 2008 | cgray
The chain and fingers for our Wave solder is getting a large amount of residue from the flux (high dissolved solids) we are using. Any recommendations for products that can clean polymerized flux.
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 08:00:33 EDT 2008 | cgray
We are using Multicore (MFR 301) from Henkel.
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 14:07:42 EDT 2008 | cgray
Thanks for your experiences.
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 13:11:19 EDT 2008 | dwelch123
We roll ours up, fingers and all, and soak them for about an hour in a solution of water and DOMINATE (heavy duty degreaser) you can order from Grainger. They come out looking brand new every time!
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 14:02:46 EDT 2008 | jeffharley
We use a power washer, blow dry, then lightly oil the links with mineral oil. Works great
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 09:08:42 EST 2006 | mapell
AR Sounds like dirty chains... couple ways to check... Pull off the drive chain for the conveyor. Place a wrench on the (unload end) drive shaft and spin, if it is a bit tough.. dirty rails. Also look at load end of chains. The chain goes low and w
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 23 09:29:58 EST 2006 | Joe
I agree that it's the probably the chain. The links get dirty and can bind up over time. When you pull the chain, check to see that each link rotatates freely with its adjacent link. I bet you'll find one or more links that are binding. This is the s
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 08:36:30 EST 2006 | jdengler
I've never had this problem on an Omniflo oven, but have seen it on others. It has always turned out to be mechanical. A bearing going bad or FOD in the rails. I would pull the chains and carefully check each link of both chains, all of the bearin
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 21 07:31:54 EST 2006 | cyber_wolf
We had the exact same problem on our OMNI 10. We found that two of the rails the pin chain rides in were warped. Somehow at one point our PC lost communication with the oven and the heaters went wide open for several minutes...this is what caused th
