Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 15 09:43:37 EDT 2005 | dougs
HHmmmm!! looks like i'm getting it way wrong by wanting to chart the quality of product coming from my wave solder machine. could some of you let me know whats the best way to monitor quality on this process.
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 14 11:04:53 EDT 2005 | dougs
yes SPC can be used on a wave solder machine, you should use a c-chart to monitor the amount of defects per board or group of boards, this will let you know if your process is stable, as you improve your process you should re-calculate your UCL, hope
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 24 12:39:59 EDT 2007 | hussman
I would say no, unless your machine is in extremeconditions. You may want to check your flux / preheat out as well. If you are leaving a lot of flux on the board at wave, it may be boiling - which can cause solder balls.
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 29 11:37:52 EDT 2015 | robl
Hi Marlyn, We use durastone pallets over a wave - so areas machined out so the solder can get to the pins but not the SMT. You can also get fancy selective solder machines, but I'm guessing that as you're asking you haven't got one. Hope that help
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 27 14:28:00 EDT 2015 | swiese242
I would suggest investing in a selective solder machine as well. This has saved us on a ton of labor and headaches. The customized brackets for the wave is not cheap. I would first check auctions to save thousands...
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 19 09:41:26 EST 2008 | slthomas
ECD sells the MOLE, and they sell both the Oven Rider and the Wave Rider to accompany it. The thing is, you can profile both an oven and a wave machine without either if you're willing to just solder your thermocouples to a board. The nice thing ab
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 29 17:04:43 EST 2009 | jeffjarmato
I run two different waves here one with SAC305 with aqueous flux the other with SN100C and No clean flux. Does anyone see any issues with running product through either machine of course after changing the Flux type? I also only use SAC305 alloy for
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 16 21:26:11 EST 2005 | Mrduckmann2000
Well, I have not had a chance to run my experiment yet. I hope to have the wave solder machine to myself on Friday morning. I will let you know. I am hopefull from what you and the others have said that it will work and we can reduce our touch lab
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 15 13:28:55 EDT 2005 | Brian
A process consists of much more than just thee machine. When developing a cause and effect diagram ffor the process, there are many parameters that fall outside the machine itself. There are Man, Machine, Methods, and Materials. Just monitoring th
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 14:12:40 EDT 2013 | pjchonis
Hello Bachman. SAC305 is the most common lead-free solder alloy, not only for wave soldering but also selective. Most of our selective customers (especially automotive) are using SAC305. What is more important than the alloy to consider is the flux
