Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 12 04:14:17 EST 2006 | Rob
The most prevailent wave solder machine in small to medium UK companies is the Blundell CMS400 - every man and his dog has one. And the recommended lead free solder for these machines is..... Greg's 0.3% Silver. Quite a few of our customers use h
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 18 17:17:52 EST 2006 | gregoryyork
Hi Rob You do not receive any benefit from me (I dont get any from my employers either) but if I knew who you were I would buy you a warm Guiness next time I saw you, or if you preffered a warm Bud I'm not fussy. You see its not difficult for compe
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 13 13:43:51 EST 2006 | russ
As far as I have determined, the Gel and Tacky are the same animal. Just flux works well, I did forget to mention that this flux only method will not work with a CCGA (Ceramic Column Grid Array) since these columns are not meant to be reflowed.
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 24 08:06:12 EST 2006 | Loco
You do know what will happen if Europes eco deskjockey politicians get a hold of this document, don't you Patrick? SAC will be next on the scraplist. I thought VOC was the next thing to go, but this looks equally bad. I've thought of another brill
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 28 13:29:45 EST 2006 | solderiron
SN100C, not as aggressive towards other metals as are other High tin lead free alloys. Why? Sn63/pb37 The lead prevented the tin from being very aggressive. SAC305 no lead, silver instead. Silver doesnt block Tin from it's aggresiveness. SN100C no si
Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 08:50:40 EDT 2006 | Rob
Just come back from Nepcon (electronics show on an obscure little island on the other side of the pond) and had a good chance to look & play with a whole bunch of solder wire. Koki do one that is aprox. 99/0.7/0.3 with 0.03 Cobolt in. They claim th
Electronics Forum | Mon May 15 04:33:35 EDT 2006 | Rob
Hi Steve, Although your opinion is valid, calling something from a respected Japanese manufacturer crap is a little harsh. I have seen many people solder very well with all sorts of leadfree alloys - not producing crap. I've already had a play wit
Electronics Forum | Mon May 15 11:25:10 EDT 2006 | muse95
Since when is Hakko putting more plating on their tips? I was told that there was no change to their tips, it was the same tip for Pb or Pbfree. Prior to first use, all Hakko tips are Pbfree. We have been seeing those tips degrade quicker with Pbf
Electronics Forum | Wed May 10 08:41:19 EDT 2006 | russ
Yes, we added some soak, we also use a 5 zone oven. We utilize a .020" x .020" pad with center to center at .042". We only get tombstones on misplacement or bad paste release now. Registration of component is key with pbfree, the parts just don't s
Electronics Forum | Mon May 15 17:38:11 EDT 2006 | jbrower
Howdy, I have an Electrovert econopak smt II. I'm set to change over in June to SN100C. I won't be changing out anything. I'll just be purging the lead out of the solder pot with a tin bath. I don't expect there to be any problems with our change
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