Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 03:36:38 EDT 2006 | Grant
Hi, We are about to change our wave over to lead free solder, and it's a Soltec Deltawave, which uses about 750 KG of solder. Our supplier is recommending we change the bath over, however that seems a bit extreme. They are concerned we won't get ri
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 19:45:32 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, The tin flush is a good idea, and better than the suppliers suggestion of filling with lead-free solder which is much more expensive. I guess we won't be leaving a KG of solder in the bath, but based on your experience, how much remaining sold
Electronics Forum | Mon May 22 18:19:29 EDT 2006 | Steve
I have read some threads about poor wetting on palladium-silver (Pd-Ag) coated components. I followed the suggestions, but I am still having a problem. The part is an 0603 chip type (Vishay varistor). The Process: solder paste is lead-free Alpha Met
Electronics Forum | Wed May 24 08:02:09 EDT 2006 | geb
Hi, Can anyone recommend a leadfree recipe for a BTU VIP98 i.e. which temperatures for which zones & belt speed? I appreciate that there will be a difference from one oven to another, along with different board sizes, but would like a good starting
Electronics Forum | Fri May 26 03:58:07 EDT 2006 | dave
Hi, We have a 5 zone oven and we use a RTS Profile. Our last zone is the zone that the reflow takes place. some basic analysis is as follows: TAL 70 secs, peak temp 210,ramp rate seems fine. A typical setting is : Z1 140 Z2 160 Z3 160 Z4 185 Z5 220
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 01 14:10:31 EDT 2006 | adlsmt
I am not exactly sure what Universal equipment Grant thought looked "junky" but we are very happy with our Universal line. I cant say Im crazy about the looks of our Ultraflex printers, but they do work well. If you are doing high volume you should p
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 02 21:32:33 EDT 2006 | mika
Hi Efren, We are always happy to do our best to help each other out in this forum. I can't say that i have contributed with anything valuable about Your original qeustion; except that I had some serious thoughts about some really idiot posting from "
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 16:03:52 EDT 2006 | jbrower
On Saturday the 3rd, I offloaded nearly 1200 pounds of solder from my Electrovert, did the tin purge and loaded nearly 1200 pounds of sn100c back into my solder pot. It was a hell of a job, but we got it done in 8 hours. We've been running with this
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 09 12:35:00 EDT 2006 | G. eisner
We are finding this diode not reflowing well. We are having tombstoning issues with this part and only this part on different pcbs. The main thing we find is that under a scope there is blow outs as in air bubbles that look like they have exploded. I
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 12 13:49:47 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I am going to check what options we have for top side heating. Do people recommend we get convection for that? Also, we seem limited to 60% in the machine setup, and does anyone know how to run the top lam
