Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 23 14:41:41 EDT 2004 | Steve Stach
Dear JSK, It sounds like the root causes of your problem are two fold. First, excessive heat will polymerize the abietic acid found in rosin forming neo-abietic diamers and polymers which are much less soluble than the parent monomer. There are
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 01 15:57:35 EST 2004 | davef
Both are equally efficient process control tools. Neither is particularly effective in testing ionic contamination. The best way to sell your customer on allowing you to do this is to show them that you understand the WHOLE process and are able
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 26 20:54:08 EDT 2008 | davef
As pointed-out above, the downside of telling your supplier how to perform a process can create problems: * It sets the cost of the operation ... I did what you told me to do * Materials selected may be incompatible ... I did what you told me to do *
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 19 20:07:05 EST 2008 | davef
First, it's GREAT to have a long-term lurker posting here on SMTnet. Maybe this will encourage other lurkers to join us. [We'll try to be on our best behavior.] Second, while Stephen Pence's explanation of 'equivalence factors' is accurate, your con
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 20 06:43:42 EST 2008 | sjpence
I'm not sure I completely agree with you regarding the smoke screen factor. I have found many times confusion around bulk ionic testing comes down to people not understanding your point about it not being a "standard or absolute value". Most people
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 17 09:53:20 EDT 2011 | rperkins
Hi Graham, I've worked in the industry selling EnSolv, Lenium, and now ENTRON solvents, which are all based on stabilized NPB. These solvents do not always clean the no lead pastes. The problem is that the pastes are becoming more like adhesives,
Electronics Forum | Thu May 30 10:06:20 EDT 2013 | rgduval
In general, it would not be advisable. DI water is used for a couple of reasons. First, the missing ions aid in the cleaning process, as they seek to bond with the material on the board, allowing the water to act like a fairly aggressive solvent.
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 21:45:11 EST 1998 | Dave F
Graham: I agree. Very thorny. What is clean?? And how is that controlled?? Back 25 or so years ago, soldering was done with high solids rosin fluxes. The issue with cleanliness was ionic contamination. The US military and others set a fairly a
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 08 20:57:52 EST 2001 | Dave F
Are you talking about bare board cleanliness or assembly level cleanliness? Bare board cleanliness is still primarily measured by resistivity of solvent extract (ROSE) using instruments such as Omegameters and Zero Ions. What is considered as "acce
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 16 05:31:00 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Is feasible to have an electronic manufacturing company near the beach? How affect the corrosion the electronic components? | | | I guess it depends what you mean by 'near'. Will the building be a custom design or an existing one? What kind of p
