Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 03 22:32:04 EDT 2002 | davef
Naw, alcohol and solvents won't do dip. Hold-off on: * Destructive testing. [Athough this will convince you to move on to other things.] * Rework of the solder connections. [Although this will correct the problem.] Consider investigating your aque
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 12:48:50 EST 1998 | Mike Konrad
First, let me say that I am a manufacturer of batch cleaning systems. The following information is not intended to be a commercial for our cleaners, but rather a commentary about batch cleaners in general. Batch cleaners come in all sizes and confi
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 30 19:55:21 EDT 2003 | Mike Konrad
In all likelihood, you may not be leaving flux on the board rather you may be leaving saponifier on the board. Improper rinsing is a leading cause of cleaning related board failures. The problem with some inline cleaning systems (especially old o
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 11 16:40:17 EDT 2007 | mlb
Dear GR, I represent Kyzen Corporation and would like to address a couple points in your message. Both Kyzen and Zestron are global suppliers of engineered cleaning fluids for removing flux residues from electronic assemblies. Aqueous cleaning fl
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 03 07:40:06 EST 2006 | davef
The most effective cleaning of high solids RMA has been with a good saponifier (5-7%) [eg, Kyzen Aquanox, Lonox formulations, Envirosense Envirogold, etc ] in deionized water, 150F, with 2-3 DI water rinses. Dull solder connections when you do spot
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 28 15:12:03 EST 1999 | Bill Schreiber
Rick, Ultrasonics is a mechanical scrubbing action (cavitation) similar to any other scrubbing action, if you scrub long enough, you stand the chance of wearing away some of the surface material (shiny coating of a solder joint). The shiny coat on a
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 02 10:22:13 EDT 2006 | SteveH
We are having issues with cleaning underneath leadless chip carriers due to their extreme low lying nature and I wondered if anyone else had any experience of this. Our process for years has been vapour degreasing with Triklone N, which works, but w
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 07 17:17:55 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Ashok: You should select and use low residue tapes. But ya know, ya go out and research a great tape and if yer not careful, the buyer will second source ya and (surprise) ya got residues again. We have found that Lemme say this about Katon tape