Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 13 12:47:03 EDT 2007 | bschreiber
There are many threads regarding stencil cleaners. Here is a recent one: http://www.smtnet.com//forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_thread&CFApp=1&Thread_ID=10557&#Message42748 Regards, Bill Schreiber Smart Sonic Corporation E-mail: Bill@SmartSonic.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 24 17:15:13 EDT 2007 | blnorman
Unless you've got an extremely agressive cleaner, the epoxy should hold the parts during the delay time. That's their job basically. We ran reflow first pass, glue parts, then wave solder second pass. There were potential delays between adhesive b
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 22 11:22:42 EDT 2007 | 18424
Hi all, a while back someone was asking about a board wash and several people were looking for one. The Company I work for is getting rid of an AQ-400 wash, very very cheap. If anyone is interested please drop me a line. Brad_Court@Onsetcomp.com Loo
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 07 05:24:16 EST 2008 | muarty
I would advise that you clean the stencil thoroughly at least every 4 hours, also though it is worth cleaning the stencil top and bottom after any breaktimes. To avoid solder paste drying off in stencil apertures. Best piece of kit I've purchased was
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 30 07:48:37 EDT 2008 | realchunks
If your pots are open you then just need to dry them. Don't hide them. Are they rated for water clean? If not hand solder after cleaning with no-clean wire. Hand cleaning with IPA is dangerous - you really just push the flux around and don't was
Electronics Forum | Fri May 16 15:10:28 EDT 2008 | arminski
hi davef, thanks for your kind replies...i have a batch aqueous cleaner in my process...but we are going to have AS9100 Audit 3rd quarter of this year...do I need to purchase a tester? right now we are sending sample boards to a 3rd party company bu
Electronics Forum | Tue May 20 19:48:19 EDT 2008 | davef
Here's one way to think through your choices ... 3 Saponifier / non saponifier 3a Saponifiers: * Aqueous Technologies: PCB-Wash http://www.aqueoustech.com * Kyzen: XJN http://www.kyzen.com * EnviroSense: Enviro Gold #816 http://www.envirosense-inc
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 18 08:51:34 EDT 2008 | ldavis
We actually found the opposite to be true. Boards processed in VP are much cleaner than those processed in our air-only convection oven. We tested 5 lead free solder pastes upon implementation and found that the type of paste does affect the number
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 16 14:40:21 EDT 2008 | fredc
Try Crest-ultasonics.com Their sales people can help you with the right model number for your application. We have a couple of smaller units with years of service. Ask and see if circuit boards are an appropriate application. Ultrasonic cleaning is
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 16 16:18:44 EDT 2008 | dphilbrick
We have used good industrial dish washers in the past. We washed very dense SMT boards with mulitiple BGA's. they always passed Ionic tests. You can buy these for as little as $500. The less expensive ones won't hold up to 140F water and suponifier b
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