Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 22 15:16:40 EDT 1999 | Mike Konrad
Stencil cleaner manufacturers that (in our opinion) build quality machines: Aqueous Technologies (800) 218-8128 (that's us) Branson (203) 796-0400 EMC (215) 340-0650 Austin American (512) 335-6400 Questions??? Call me at (800) 218-8128 and
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 12 11:02:43 EST 1998 | Dave F
| | First, appologies to y'll for creating an opening for bs@ss to post the usual thinly cloked commercial message. | | | | Second, how do you test, measure, determine if your stencil is clean? | | | | Thanks | | | | Dave F | | | Here I go stepp
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 29 16:33:45 EDT 2001 | Mike Konrad
Kerry, Why don't you purchase a decent stencil cleaning system that will not leave behind dry solder paste rather than purchasing a machine to tell you how dirty your stencils are? For less than the cost of a stencil inspection station, one can pur
Electronics Forum | Fri Oct 12 14:32:52 EDT 2001 | Mike Konrad
Hi, Maybe Yes� Maybe No� Actually, it most likely is acceptable to clean assembled boards in an ultrasonic cleaning system (40 kHz). There are some concerns in some circles about possible damage to wire bonds in components. There have been publi
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 25 09:24:54 EDT 2002 | caldon
Michael- Please when concidering you U-sonic machine, keep in mind possible chemistries Petroferm, Kyzen, Aqueous technologies, and Zestron products. All are good products and all need to be evaluated with your stencils. Depending on your component t
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 27 13:50:55 EST 2003 | Matt Kehoe
We use an Aqueous Technologies Millennium III closed loop system. The footprint is no more than 12-13 feet. We wash water soluble solder paste residue with excellent results however, due to the nature of our solid solder deposit process, we are washi
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 00:01:28 EDT 2003 | Mike Konrad
Danger Will Robinson� Danger! Never mix a post-reflow cleaning system with a raw paste removal application (particularly on an inline cleaning system)!. The paste that comes off a screen contains solder balls that are so small, they will eventuall
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 27 22:05:29 EST 2003 | Mike Konrad
Prozone was sold primarily in Europe by Multicore (now Loctite). A brief search of their site seems to indicate that the product no longer exists. As for Prozone, as I recall, it was a ready-mix (no dilution required) chemical. If the containers w
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 18 11:21:14 EST 2004 | Mike Konrad
You have two choices� Change your paste or beef-up your wash chemical. I�ll let others discuss paste options but as far as wash chemical is concerned, consider chemicals specifically designed for such applications. Zestron is promoting A300 as sui
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 26 10:23:55 EST 2004 | Mike Konrad
Patrick, When you say "no-residue" what exactly do you mean? Is there truely "no-residue" or is it "no visible residue"? What type of ionic contamination results have you experienced? If you take a bare board that measures 0.0 NaCl and reflow it
