Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 19 14:10:13 EST 2007 | realchunks
Hi Taint, Both machines work OK. The big thing you may over look is pre-heat. Things like flux spatter/boil tend to come into play if you don't pre-heat. Change over, ease of programming, and service are also things to think of.
Electronics Forum | Fri May 07 02:37:31 EDT 1999 | Bob Willis
| Mornin! | | We just had vendor in here pitching a "low-temperature rework system" which was intriguing, but too expensive. He did get me to thinking though, beyond heating ceramic caps before hand-soldering them, it seems like it would be ad
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 03 16:02:55 EDT 2011 | artposada
The machine does not have pre-heating feature. I'm soldering a six-up panel...I've tried putting them a an oven and letting them soak for 20 mins or so at a low temp. But by the time I placed the panel in the machine and manually fluxed the top sid
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 21 15:57:28 EDT 2000 | Ron H
The board and pallet are at room temperature when they pass thru the flux, then are sent thru a pre-heat section, and lastly sent over the wave solder. The exposed portions of the board solder properly.
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 03 21:49:20 EDT 2020 | kylehunter
> Not in our case, the pre-heat temp was not high > enough. Also our pre-heat is only from top > (KISS104). Ahh that makes total sense. We have bottom IR, and have thermocoupled at 100c, so I think we should be good on that end. Anoth
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 21 17:03:13 EDT 2013 | hegemon
I think your pre-heat temp is a little low for SAC 305 Soldering. Especially with a Pallet. You might want to try to add some time and temp to get the PWB itself preheated up to 150-160C. That should help with the barrel fill. Make sure your board
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 14 10:25:04 EST 2017 | swag
Pre-heat, pre-heat, pre-heat! Swap out your acetylene with some propane. Problem solved. Throw a potato in your solder pot while your at it...
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 18 14:12:40 EDT 2013 | pjchonis
Hello Bachman. SAC305 is the most common lead-free solder alloy, not only for wave soldering but also selective. Most of our selective customers (especially automotive) are using SAC305. What is more important than the alloy to consider is the flux
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 16:05:33 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, Do you mean selective palettes in the wave? We are running those, and it makes the process window tight, but once we got there, it's great. Pre heating the board was a bit difficult, but we got it right, and went for a water based flux. Not sure
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 15 14:03:18 EST 2008 | patrickbruneel
Hi �Pb-Head� I agree with everything you say, except for your statement that alcohol based fluxes perform poorly with convection heat. The fluxes you tried might have performed poorly, but that doesn�t mean that all alcohol based fluxes perform poor
