Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 02 12:11:31 EST 2000 | Dave F
Casimir: Resistivity of Solvent Extract (ROSE) testers measure ionic contamination by washing boards with a DI water/IPA solution. (No-clean people: Stop and go on to something else.) The testers are process control instruments used to monitor a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 26 17:40:21 EDT 2003 | Steve
Wanted to inquire if anyone has a way to monitor cleanliness of boards that are assembled with a no-clean process. I'm aware that incoming board cleanliness can be monitored, however, I am after checking of cleanliness of boards after assembly. Wit
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 16:18:30 EDT 2003 | pjc
If the flux is already eating thru Cu it must have been some time since the boards were soldered with the OA flux. Ionic contamination testing (with OmegaMeter or IonoGraph)can be done to find contaminated boards and cleaning the boards can be done
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 06 17:16:02 EDT 2003 | pjc
Yes, the OmegaMeter and IonoGraph are test equipment to measure ionic contamination. Either of those units should enable you to sort your inventory boards. for more info about this equipment, go to: www.cooksonee.com/products/scs/CoatingSystems/Ionic
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 03 15:23:56 EDT 2004 | tberkey
thanks for your response. I have a couple of reasons for evaluating this. 1) We recently purchased an ionograph to replace an outdate Omega meter. Correlation is required and in discussing this with several people, most wondered why we checked if we
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 14 07:10:54 EDT 2005 | John O'reilly
Hello We are currently getting Proto's of legacy product built up in Europe. Our current supplier uses a spec of 14 micrograms or less of sodium chloride per square inch as measured on a omega meter. THe product is Industrial and I am not sure do we
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 26 13:49:18 EST 2006 | masrimhd
Hi, We will run a no-clean wave solder process to assemble TV boards. What about incorporating a ROSE Test equipment (Ionograph, zero-ion, Omega Meter) in the process? Is it recommended, helpful or unnecessary? I�ve read about the use and limits of
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 15 15:16:56 EST 2009 | jsherrow
We recently had our customer report a component failure trend of a few percent. Analysis indicates wire bond failure internal to a d-pak caused by what appears to be chlorine contamination. We're running a lead free process with aqueous wash. 700 co
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 05 18:19:39 EST 2012 | cnotebaert
You should talk to your paste/flux manufacture! They will provide the best instruction for this. The norm is typically 130-145f, speed 2-4f/m I always push for slower… the slower the cleaner/drier (in theory!), if you have an ICOM, Omega meter, ionog
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 01 10:52:37 EDT 2012 | blnorman
Neither the Omega meter nor the IC are officially "destructive" tests, but everywhere I worked we treated them that way. The boards were scrapped after the test. The Omega meter can be tested at elevated temps, but the IC sample is extracted at ele
