Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 02 13:24:18 EST 1998 | Ryan Jennens
| Well my process is I'm running my belt speed at 3.50fpm and about 215 to 225 degrees top side. I got my main wave down to a little less than half the board thickness. I'm not using a hot air knife cause we thought it might create more of a problem
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 10 09:29:59 EST 2008 | rgduval
Oops...just noticed you were referring to wave soldering. We'd still suggest a water-soluble flux, instead of the no-clean; especially at wave soldering. Also, checking pre-heat temps, and dwell time on the pot. Is the wave a chipper wave? If not
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 29 05:14:06 EST 1999 | Graham Naisbitt
Hi guys, I really am at a loss to understand this one. It would appear that there may be some reaction between the flux and the resist? Or maybe you have an OSP on the board that is reacting during soldering? As a fast fix, maybe you should try a
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 02 22:57:02 EST 1998 | Kelly Gossman
Micheal, What does your profile look like for the wave? What profile does your flux say you need? My guess is it is not your profile, our testing with solder balls found that the mask on the boards was the largest contributor to solder balls. Wha
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 10 12:52:21 EST 1999 | Dick Casagrande
|I'm getting in a little late on this but my 2 cents is: We have been using no-clean flux for a few years now but up till last month were still cleaning (the white residue) our boards (all thru hole). Finally did some investigation and found the flux
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 04 02:53:53 EST 1998 | Earl Moon
| Micheal, | | What does your profile look like for the wave? What profile does your flux say you need? My guess is it is not your profile, our testing with solder balls found that the mask on the boards was the largest contributor to solder balls
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 15 04:55:00 EDT 1999 | Brian Ellis
The other answers on this thread are realistic but it also depends: a) on the quality and finish of the components and PCB (including, of course, solderability) b) the flux type (I would expect lower defect rates with water-soluble than with the less
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 13 11:03:09 EDT 2000 | Travis Slaughter
Superflo 26F is a no-clean flux, I bet your trying to wash it in water. You could not clean the board that flux will not hurt it at all, that is unless your conformal coating it. You could also run a simi-aqueous wash or maybe a saponifier in your wa
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 08 21:05:00 EDT 2001 | ksfacinelli
DO NOT Mix Technologies.... If you are using a no clean solder paste use a no clean wave solder process. I have direct experience with using a no clean paste and a RA water-soluble wave solder process. When cleaning with the water wash system your
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 26 17:13:43 EST 2019 | rgduval
Doesn't really look like no-clean to me...typically, no-clean encapsulates the solder joint after reflow, trapping any organics. This looks like plain-old water soluble flux, that cooked a bit too much in reflow. As you noted, it cleaned up with
