Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 22 12:54:28 EDT 2004 | Chris Lampron
Hi Indy, Loctite has a product called 7360 for cleaning uncured epoxies. We had a similar problem and then found out that the alcohol actually caused the epoxy to start setting making it impossible to clean. We now spray with 7360, wipe off with dry
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 02 14:59:41 EDT 2008 | hermes
if two boards with different solder masks give different results on flux residue level after soldering with the exact same machine settings than it is clear that one of the solder masks is not compatible with your no-clean flux. could be the solder m
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 05 11:32:29 EDT 2005 | saragorcos
Hi Sandy, Here are some suggestions for an optimum cleaning process for cleaning under BGAs if they are assembled to the board to add to the great tips Shean already listed: - Use a good saponifier w/ DI water - an effective saponifier will be able
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 23 13:01:54 EDT 2008 | wschulz
Hey guys, My company is currently looking into developing a SMT line. I have an interesting perspective on this due to the fact that I worked a SMT line for quite a few years as an equipment operator. Now I am an engineer and at a different company
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 02 23:46:42 EST 2003 | Grant Petty
Hi, I know this must have been asked a lot of times, however I have a "which is the best stencil printer" question. We are on a limited budget of around US$90,000 and we need to get an inline fully automated stencil printer. We have been looking a
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 04 07:30:50 EST 2003 | ex maintain leader
Hi Grant, I'm ex Fuji Service Engineer, Fuji GP 6xx is the best but for companies in ultra high tech (2 side cleaning+ long life operating, BUT not easy to teach the technicians). Ask Panasert create series is also well durable, but I newer use yust
Electronics Forum | Mon May 12 10:48:49 EDT 2003 | Theresa Woodford
Does anyone have any experience with plasma cleaning? I currently have an IMS Substrate (10-15 microinch gold flash over electroless Ni) attched to Ryton PPS / R40 walls (40% glass filled/compression molded). The wall is being attached to the IMS u
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 16 06:17:34 EST 2005 | Grant
Hi, We have this model wave, and spent a few days trying to eliminate residue. We also tried various no clean fluxes, and because we sell PCI cards they need to be clean, and we don't want to deal with a cleaning process. But in the end we gave up
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 16 08:54:57 EST 1999 | Ross Berntson
| I am fairly new to the SMT game and I am getting conflicting answers to the following. Maybe someone can help me! When printing, one person is telling me that the stencil should be wiped completely clean of all paste because the quality of the
Electronics Forum | Sat Aug 02 08:12:05 EDT 2003 | davef
Q: So, can I concluded that this greenish "fungus" looking staff is not initiated from high hot air temperature setting ? A: Your temperature setting could have increased the growth rate of this crunchy looking stuff, but we wouldn't start there to
