Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 08 15:27:25 EST 2015 | davef
Thinner: Flux thinner, NOT paint thinner We kept a spare stone in thinner in inventory. We cut PVC pipe to size, cap in one end, screw thread on the other, stone inside, filled with flux thinner and covered with a screw cap. I don't remember who we
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 24 19:58:58 EST 2002 | davef
for regular eutecticish solders, keep the pot temperature between 230�C [446�F] and 290�C [554�F]. If you polled us on our pot temperatures, we�d be all over the map, but with more lower than higher than you. High pot temperatures tend to generate
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 23 12:11:20 EST 2006 | patrickbruneel
Here's a (427 page) EPA report on Solders in Electronics: A Life-Cycle Assessment http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/pubs/solder/lca/lfs-lca-final.pdf If you look at page ES-16/table ES-4 and ES-5 it appears that SAC alloys have a higher impact on the
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 11 15:40:08 EDT 2006 | caldon
I would be leary of a "Sucking" machine and hot liquid solder. Kester makes pellets that you put on top of the pot to seperate dross from lead. Technical Devices has a solder recovery machine Cal Agilent Technologies
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 04 09:10:53 EDT 2003 | davef
With poorly cured mask: * Wave soldering: Expect to see thin wavy band of dross imbedded in the mask in the wave solder side. * Reflow soldering: Expect to see a pinto board where the two tones of mask are [1] normal color and [2] a lighter color, al
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 11 20:44:37 EST 2006 | davef
Title : LEAD-FREE WAVE SOLDER FLUX EVALUATION Author : Michael Havener Author Company : Benchmark Electronics, Inc Date : 09/25/2005 Conference : SMTA International Abstract : The European Union�s deadline to ban lead in electronic pr
