Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 02 05:06:11 EST 2016 | slavek
Hello, my question would be how often you clean the pot? The second picture with the particles looks for me like burned flux etc. When you took out a large quantity of solder dross, I think that big amount of it was released into system. Clean the
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 02 02:51:10 EST 2016 | bukas
hello, can anyone explain why i get dross like this? flux and alloy i use was not changed. this started to happen a month ago when i took out a large quantity of solder dross out of pot. thank you
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 05 08:29:05 EST 2016 | tombstonesmt
That definitely looks like flux. Have the settings been altered? Bottle pressure? Line Speeds? Durations? Possible fluxer failure?
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 23 09:49:18 EDT 2008 | davef
We're not sure the specifics that BLT Circuit Services Ltd referenced, but many companies use dross reducing agents in their wave solder pots. Among dross reducing agent suppliers: * Fry [4100 Sixth Ave, Altoona, PA 16602; 814-946-1611 F814-944-8094
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 14 04:17:22 EST 2000 | Mohammed Saad
Hi, I need some information about the relation between the type of flux used in wave soldering and the quantity of dross produced. Thank you in advance for your help Mohammed
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 14 07:22:05 EDT 2008 | ccouture
I use this directly in the solder pot inside the wave machine. It is small enough to float at the surface of the solder, yet by loading it it act as a sieve and retains the dross while most of the solder pass trough, allowing me to clean the whole po
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 13 15:12:31 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
The guys at Honda on the east coast use a potatoe rub. They rub the pot be for solder isadded. Clainm they can reduce drosses that way. Funny how spuds and solder are so close to each other on The Forum here. Prolly explain why they let potatoe f
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 14 10:03:17 EDT 2008 | dwelch123
The bread pans are stackable, same size at top but smaller at the bottom. I also do this inside the solder wave. Just press the other bread pan on top of the other. It helps to have some guns on you, some little stick boy might not squeeze enough, bu
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 17 10:44:20 EDT 1998 | Chrys
| Hi Folks, | Need to draw upon the vast expertise in this forum... | Whenever you fill a new wave solder machine with fresh bar solder, it seems to produce more than the normal amount of dross for a few weeks. I always understood this to be the sol
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 17 12:10:57 EDT 1998 | Steve Gregory
| | Hi Folks, | | Need to draw upon the vast expertise in this forum... | | Whenever you fill a new wave solder machine with fresh bar solder, it seems to produce more than the normal amount of dross for a few weeks. I always understood this to be t
