Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 25 06:12:53 EDT 2005 | lloyd
Folks thanks for all the info, I'm gonna check out our pad geometries and see how they compare with industry standards. Brian, could you elaborate a bit more on the stencil design you have mentioned. Do you mean that you have offset the stencil aper
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 06 09:49:26 EDT 2001 | ksfacinelli
This is a real problem. We have experimented with a number of off the shelf products as well as discussed the issue with a few solder manufacturers. As you are aware IPA or Flux off can make the product look worse. I would discuss with the custome
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 07 18:16:36 EDT 2005 | russ
What size discrete components and have you evaluated your pad geometries? If pads are too far apart this will happen. The flux resudue is simply there because you didn't solder the component. It will stay on top of the solder bump. You can see this
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 06 10:34:21 EDT 2001 | Mike Konrad
Hi Jeff, Sean is correct. Although ultrasonic technology will work in post-reflow de-fluxing applications, you will receive concerns regarding ultrasonic �damage� to wire bonded components. Much has been written to combat this belief but the conce
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 14 04:28:45 EDT 2005 | lloyd
Folks, Thanks for all the info and suggestions but let me add a bit more to the pot. Our products work in a harsh environment and are classed as safety critical. Customer returns are our biggest concern, we don't get very many and feeling here seem
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 05 17:37:56 EDT 2001 | seand
Hello Jeff, If you have components on your board be careful of how low the frequency is that you will be applying to your board. Ultrasonics are great for cleaning stencils and bare boards at around 40kHz. These frequencies (and Lower)may however
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 30 10:46:27 EDT 2005 | lyrtech
Hi, I curently have an interesting challenge. But I don't have all the knowledge to solve it. One of our boards is used in RF applications. We noticed that the No-Clean flux residue makes interferences in the RF signal. Removing the flux residue so
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 31 04:04:32 EDT 2005 | Slaine
im running some tests at the moment for hand soldering using a no residue water based flux from MBO, called WBF-01. leaves a good clean finish.
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 23 12:59:12 EDT 2013 | pauldavis4
New pcba supplier sent us first article pcbas (SMT, Wave & hand solder operations) that failed our testing due to no-clean flux residues found under ICs and around passive capacitors. Second lot came in and had 100% pass yield, but we still see a cl
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 03 21:17:40 EST 1999 | Doug B.
Yes this is absolutely true. No-clean flux residue has various affects on the functionality of circuitry especially high impedance circuits. It also affects solderability, and reliability. No-clean flux will always leave a detectable residue. Mos
