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 | Fri Feb 14 14:09:06 EST 2014 | marcpeo
In general the chains don't need to be heated to 400 deg C for cleaning. In other words, most of the fluxes and constituents in the paste don't collect on the chain and gum it up. Bottom line: the heat treatment is not needed for 95% of the users.
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 05 15:24:55 EST 2004 | mrmaint
I have soaked the chains in a 5 gallon bucket with wd40. It does a great job cleaning the chain. After they are done soaking i take an air gun outside and blow the chain off. I found that using a medium temp lubricant does not cause alot of buildup o
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 12 17:21:34 EDT 2022 | markhoch
It is possible. If the talcum powder mixes with the chain lubricant, it could gum everything up. Back a few years ago when I was running an SMT Quattro Peak, I was having an issue with the conveyor chain drive motor going into overload. We had to pul
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 18 15:00:17 EST 2002 | Chris Lampron
Good Day, We have been searching for ways to do this very thing. We have sent them out for cleaning in hot baths, ultrasonics, pressure wash, etc... The chains have come back cleaner than they left but not perfect. At one point, one of our engineers
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 07 09:24:55 EST 1999 | Scott Cook
| Hi Ya'll... | it's a Soltec Prisma and the conveyer keeps jamming. What it's doing is up at the exit end where the drive motor is, the chain keeps wrapping itself around the drive sprocket and jamming...this is on the backside rail, the frontside
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 14 03:03:34 EDT 2002 | msimkin
Mike, I have been using a fully synthetic motor oil on the links of my chains of my Hella for 7 years now, and have had no problems. As long as you do not place the oil on the fingers, where it makes contact with the PCB, then you will have no probl
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 11 12:43:03 EST 2002 | kerryn
We use our ultrasonic stencil cleaner. Before we change the wash solution, we clean pallets, chains, fingers, etc. It does a good job and takes only a few minutes.
Electronics Forum | Mon May 24 10:17:37 EDT 2004 | Sue PH
Our old Trieber Wave Solder machine is needing it's conveyor chains to be cleaned. Does anyone out there have knowledge to share about dealing with this problem?
Electronics Forum | Mon May 24 11:31:49 EDT 2004 | russ
Search the archives, We had a lengthy thread on this a little while ago. use "chain cleaning"