Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 02 17:51:02 EDT 2012 | swag
Almost sounds like a part fell in the pot, exploded and burned into powder. We had a part get into our pot somehow and produced powder dross + other contaminates (no solder balls, though). The ring around the pot was very difficult to remove but wa
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 13:56:04 EDT 2017 | pjc
Kleenox is designed for cleaning and protecting the solder bath in wave solder pots from air oxidation and formation. Kleenox is formulated to remove oxides. Kleenox can be used with tin/lead and lead-free solder. http://www.americancleanstat.com/k
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 18 13:05:57 EDT 1999 | Brian
| | | | | | Dave, I'll respond by paragraph: | | | | | | | Brian: | | | | | | I like Ag2 also. I prefer it over both 63/37 and 60/40, if the price is not a factor. Yes, gold rips through eutectic and near-eutectic solders like habanero slath
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 18 14:37:00 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | | | | | | | | Dave, I'll respond by paragraph: | | | | | | | | | Brian: | | | | | | | | I like Ag2 also. I prefer it over both 63/37 and 60/40, if the price is not a factor. Yes, gold rips through eutectic and near-eutectic solders like
Electronics Forum | Wed May 17 11:19:44 EDT 2000 | John Thorup
Hi Dave It sounds like you do pretty much what we do. A couple of points: If your machine allows, open, fill and seal the dross container inside the machine. Otherwise, the auxillary exhaust as you describe is a must. Be gentle in your movements. Don
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 11 11:03:40 EST 1999 | Andy C.
Horace , We had a similar problem last year on an Ultra 2000 . We cured it by draining the pot , removing the wave forming ducts , pumps and nozzles and cleaning . Refill with fresh solder ( one third solder chips , two thirds solder bars - to get t
Electronics Forum | Fri May 27 14:21:27 EDT 2005 | Frank
Back in the day, we had a small solder pot used for dipping ICs that were freshly removed from defective boards. What tool did we use to clean the dross? A small piece of card board. After the card board got too toasted, we'd grab a new piece of c
Electronics Forum | Wed May 03 22:41:36 EDT 2006 | ramerez
I am based in Nogales and I have also tried the MS2, I was told to immediately cancel my trials, It did reduced the build up of dross but the mess it made to the wave and the surrounding areas was very bad, Everything was coated black and the smell a
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 09 08:23:31 EST 2005 | davef
We don't have experience on this, but first we'd talk to a technical type at our solder paste supplier. Baring that, we'd: * Soak a paper towel in a 'solvent' [ie Kyzen XJN, EnviroSense Enviro Gold, Petroferm Hydrex, etc]. * Place the towel in conta
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 15 14:11:59 EDT 2015 | jpal
You should also remove all the pump parts and clean them, checking the bearings and seals. Clean completely the parts that allow the solder to flow back into the pot; ours have a spiral that fills with dross. Treat yourself to new nozzles. Tinning
