Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 21 18:31:45 EDT 2002 | MikeF
Mike, If your wave solder machine doesn't have enough preheat capacity you can put the board in an oven and warm it part way before you put it into the wave solder machine. This works best with a spray fluxer, as a warm board will collapse the foam
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 02 10:14:42 EST 2009 | duso02
As a large coating house we use 1B73 daily and we have very few issues with bubbles. We very rarely bake it as the air cure is so short. Also, we only use thinner 73 vice 521. Another question would be; how is it being applied? How thick are you appl
Electronics Forum | Thu May 06 19:13:24 EDT 2004 | Greg York
Watch your dwell time especially if larger components. Problem is normally associated with lower temp as well as insufficient flux coverage with larger massed boards or ground planes. Try to hand spray a board to check that fluxer operation is OK. If
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 20 12:35:01 EDT 2004 | Rob
Hi Adam, We had a reverse of the previous - if we didn't have our smartwave running at at least 750 RPM behind the main wave, the pressure dropped & gave us inconsistant soldering. Otherwise... 1) are the components tarnished at all, or stored in
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 15 11:05:16 EDT 2004 | rlackey
Hi John, It depends on what equipment and resources you have at your disposal - if you have an antique wave with crap adjustment & hand sprayed flux, no debridging/air knife system on a tightly packed board with a multitude of fine pitch connectors
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 27 13:41:56 EDT 1998 | Chris Fontaine
Steve, We do a lot of hand spray conformal coating and have had much success. We have had much experience with Humiseal 1A20 Urethane. Acrylics are easier to work with but may not stand up to your environment. I don't have any experience with sili
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 28 08:52:13 EDT 2009 | duso02
Yes, you must thin Dow CC for any spray operations. We use Dow 2577 daily for multiple customers and we always thin it for spray operations and 2577 is considered medium viscosity. Dow recommends using up to 60% solvent (Xylene). Your 2620 is low vis
Electronics Forum | Fri Dec 16 03:47:46 EST 2005 | gpaelmo
Anyone have problems wave soldering white tin finish? We are an ems and our customer provides us the pcb's. SMT and TH components on the board. SMT is fine but when we wave solder, wetting to top side is very poor (solder only flows half way up). We
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 24 07:28:11 EST 2012 | duso02
If you are going to coat very low volumes then just spray it by hand. The automated machines just won't be worth it unless you are going to do a very large run. They are complicated, require constant attention, still require masking the board and are
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 04 19:10:20 EDT 2007 | rgduval
Pete, Top-side temp might be an issue. What's the easiest way to check it? I seem to recall some thermal decals that we used to use a couple of jobs ago. I spoke with the flex manufacturer, and they recommended 4 hours at 250 degrees pre-process
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