Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 02 06:26:13 EST 2004 | Phil James
Take a look at the downloadable paper on the subject of "White residues" available from NPL www.npl.co.uk/ei (Downloads) By the way, we also suffer from this problem!
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 02 12:40:59 EST 2004 | Ron Herbert
White residue can often be caused by overheating the flux. When this occurs the flux is polymerized, basically turning it into an epoxy. You can usually determine if this is the problem by taking a pencil eraser to it. If it comes off, you have overh
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 05 08:21:14 EDT 2004 | Grant Petty
Hi, Thanks for the tip, and I will check that out! We have some heavy BNC type connectors, so they need a bit of heat, and this could be right that we are then overheating the flux. Regards, Grant Blackmagic Design
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 29 21:31:46 EST 2010 | aqueous
I would recommend the following paper entitled "Cleaning for Reliability Post QFN Rework" by Mike Bixenman (Kyzen) and myself (Aqueous Technologies). While it discussed cleaning under QFN's in a batch environment, it is also applicable to cleaning u
Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 01 03:22:59 EST 2004 | paul pmd
Deltawave flux pump continously runs while in run mode. After the pump there is a flux manifold distribution block. When switching between fluxes not all previous flux is purged or drained. When no clean is installed some cross contamination may occu
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 29 07:21:51 EST 2004 | jdumont
We are also having the same problem here. I was told earlier that it could be a problem with the solder mask during the raw board manufacturing level but then I noticed that the problem was only surfacing on boards that went through the wave. As far
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 30 02:58:55 EST 2004 | Grant Petty
Hi, Thanks for the ideas. With the solder mask curing problems, can you normally wipe off the white residue, as we can do this on our boards with our fingers. It's almost like the surface of the board has a "wet dried up" look to it, and it's a smok
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 02 03:12:31 EDT 2003 | Joanna
We have been having problems with solder paste balls around fine pitch ICs and have decided that cleaning the boards in an ultra sonic cleaner may reomove these solder balls. However we are worried that the ultrasonic cleaning process may damage the
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 03 18:09:17 EST 2009 | gregoryyork
I think most have summed up the first pictures also is the drillng looking like it is misregistered as well. Better to do a solvent test to determine resist cure not the old stuff the newer chemicals show under cure problem much better. Try your st
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 17 10:25:47 EST 2003 | blnorman
I may have asked this question before but couldn't find anything when I ran a search. Question, after ultrasonically cleaning our boards we bake them out to drive off residual moisture. Current requirement is 24 hours @ 105�C. I seem to remember a
Products, services, training & consulting for the assembly, rework & repair of electronic assemblies. BGA process experts. Manufacturers Rep, Distributor & Service Provider for Seamark/Zhuomao and Shuttle Star BGA Rework Stations.
Training Provider / Manufacturer's Representative / Equipment Dealer / Broker / Auctions / Consultant / Service Provider
1750 Mitchell Ave.
Oroville, CA USA
Phone: (888) 406-2830