Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 27 08:13:29 EDT 2002 | mk
Our company uses a conveyorised aqueous cleaner to wash printed circuits after water soluble solder paste is reflowed. The system is closed loop with carbon and resin filters. The water eventually will get dirty. Can it be dumped? Treated? How do y
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 12:42:53 EST 2005 | griinder
I was curious if anyone else has ever added water soluble flux to water soluble solder paste that is only a few days old, but is too dry to use in production. Also, are there any known bad side effects to this process. I have already searched the arc
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 30 17:23:07 EST 2013 | dyoungquist
In response to hegemon... This is not a recommended practice but..... We have added a few drops of water soluble flux to our water soluble solder paste when the paste is on the stencil. This was after the paste had "dried" out a bit. We have had
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 16 18:36:01 EST 2004 | mattkehoe
We use water soluble solder paste. When it gets a little dried out, can we add something to rejuvenate it? Liquid flux? We do not place components, just print and reflow the solderpaste so solderballs, spattering, and other issues like those are of
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 17:57:32 EST 2005 | Austinj
Most solder paste has a shelf life of 1 week at room temperature after opened, if resealed at the end of the shift/day. Most shelf lives are 4-6 months at 40F (refridgerated) or 1 month at room temp (unopened/sealed). Recommended stencil life is appr
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 22 14:12:09 EST 2001 | slthomas
Interesting...the very reason we use water soluble paste on some of our boards is for that reason, although I've never been able to get anyone to show me something in print that supports it. It's just what engineering has told me. We currently have
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 28 10:16:12 EDT 2002 | Jim M.
Sam We install a lot of die in the SMT room using same process as SMT parts.Water soluble solder paste is used for attachment of die to ceramic and boards. Biggest problem i found is the adjustment from installing the die in the bonding area. The t
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 20 12:19:13 EDT 1999 | Brian
| Hi all, | | We have a little discussion here about the suitable flux for a certain process, as all of us are beginners we need your advice. | | We are producing VGA cards and mother boards for PC's all components to be wave soldered are TH, the S
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 27 11:23:45 EST 2005 | russ
Well first off I wouldn't evaluate paste for a wave process. I would use solder bar instead. Flux - top side fillets and no shorting on the solder side, does it clean well after processing if using water soluble flux. How wide is the process win
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 30 16:32:33 EDT 2001 | LloydG
OA: as in Organic Activated type of Solder paste, meaning the flux vehicle is an organic type. which is actually a water-soluble type. this is the opposite of a NoClean type.
