Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 10 20:42:43 EST 2002 | davef
Vijay, Sounds like you're not spending enough time at liquidous plus 20*C. And you need to stay there for 5 to 10 seconds. I know, I know. We have used bucketsful of WS609 over the years. See, as you say, the melting point of your solder alloy
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 24 22:45:54 EDT 2002 | davef
WS609 is a wonderful paste. J-STD-001, 4.2 states words to the effect that for Class 3 products Type H or M fluxes should only be used for tinning operatins. Most water soluable fluxes are either H or M. I believe that you can use Type H or M flux
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 11 12:46:02 EST 2000 | Christopher Lampron
We too had a problem with the WS609. We have since switched to Alpha's WS619 (same formula with an anti-foaming agent) This really helped but we still monitor flux application and try to minimize wherever possible. Chris
Electronics Forum | Mon May 31 15:09:56 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | | | | | | | I have always thought it to be a good practice to wash SMA's with water soluble paste (WS609) soon after reflow. Is there a time limit as to how long a board should sit after reflow before washing said board? For instance; processi
Electronics Forum | Mon May 31 15:10:14 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | | | | | | | I have always thought it to be a good practice to wash SMA's with water soluble paste (WS609) soon after reflow. Is there a time limit as to how long a board should sit after reflow before washing said board? For instance; processi
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 19 21:25:28 EDT 2004 | davef
It seems like the flux is burning-up before the metal begins to flow on this slightly odd component. Alpha talks about alternate reflow recipes for WS609, as follows: * A straight ramp up profile is preferred for reflowing low to medium thermal mass
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 29 13:51:24 EST 2008 | bbarton
Dave F....BOGUS BOGUS BOGUS What compatability issue could there possibly be if the flux is removed during wash???? Why on EARTH would you leave ANY WS flux residue on the board? A recipie for disaster! Beef up the cleaning process, test for contami
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 06 12:51:17 EDT 2016 | wlsmt
My operator applied flux gel ALPHA WS-609 on MG P/N FTH101XAP (CAP ALUM 100UF 50V 20% SMD) before aqueous washing the PCBAs. Solder paste used was ALPHA WS-820. Now the caps have yellow stains. Any solution to this is appreciated. Tks
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 13 17:03:40 EDT 1998 | EFData
We are having some difficulty soldering a 240 pin Altera device. We use Alpha WS-609, a very generic profile for that solder paste, and a 6 mil stencil with laser cut apertures (1:1 ratio). This is a 20 mil pitch device (aperture size is 10 mils X 75
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 13 17:57:59 EDT 2001 | davef
You're correct. It is curious. Possible angles to look at are: 1 WS609 loves moisture in the air. In high humidity shops, this paste hakes-on liquid. If this is the case, you should also see slumping, resulting in fine pitch bridging, and solder
