Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 15 21:16:44 EDT 2013 | Mike Konrad
The ICOM 5000 was made by Trek Industries. The company was purchased by Stoelting. I don't think they make or support these machines anymore. By the way, the correct formula for area is Length X Width X 2 (X 1.3 or 1.5 based on component geography)
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 27 13:50:52 EDT 1999 | Mike Konrad
Aqueous Technologies manufactures the Zero-Ion ionic contamination tester. The Zero-Ion utilizes dynamic-based technology and has been assigned the highest equivalency value by the NAWC. It is among the most sensitive of all of the military-approved
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 08:45:37 EDT 2013 | gallionc
We've been running our ICOM 5000 off and on since it was new in 1996. There's not much help out there for this machine as Stoelting (who bought out Westek) no longer supports it. You might need to replace the filter, which Stoeling can provide, but
Electronics Forum | Thu May 14 19:05:02 EDT 1998 | Mike Konrad
Dave, Ionic contamination testers are considered to be a valuable tool to determine the cleanliness of both bare boards and post solder boards. There are some instances when SIR testing is more suitable for determining cleanliness than ionic contamin
