Electronics Forum | Thu Apr 02 11:12:34 EST 1998 | Justin Medernach
| Looking for Cleaning solvent to claen missprinted PCB, that will be good for paste (CS) and glue (PS). | One that is easy to evaporate with out leaving | white powder around component leads on CS (when cleaning PS) Ron, If you are running a no-cle
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 01 11:08:03 EST 1998 | Bill Schreiber
Smart Sonic's 440-R SMT Detergent cleans all types of solder paste, wet SMD adhesives and post solder flux residue from misprinted PCBs, stencils and tooling. 440-R SMT Detergent is non hazardous and is certified by the Air Quality Management Distri
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 04 09:12:35 EDT 2001 | caldon
Moisture would be my main concern. Even though components are plastic, they can absorb moisture. Moisture is also detrimental to the the solder itself. The water droplets that are left behind (evaporated even) could cause problems (i.e. chlorides).
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 26 11:06:27 EST 2003 | slthomas
Always a joy to see a stencil cleaner thread get opened up....lots of varying opinions as to what's needed, best, environmentally sound, etc. We use an ultrasonic batch cleaner that uses a detergent (dilute to 1:10 or 1:20, can't remember), then bo
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 27 13:50:55 EST 2003 | Matt Kehoe
We use an Aqueous Technologies Millennium III closed loop system. The footprint is no more than 12-13 feet. We wash water soluble solder paste residue with excellent results however, due to the nature of our solid solder deposit process, we are washi
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 04 18:48:17 EST 2004 | Roger
Hi Robert, We've been using a SmartSonic cleaning system for years. We place a lot of 0402's and FBGA components. The system cleans those apertures very effectively. The chemistry used in the cleaning solution is very safe and environmentally fri
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 24 15:05:39 EDT 2004 | Dreamsniper
There is danger in doing this based on theory. Chances of the solder joints becoming cold or having poor wetting due to the fact that during the first run all the flux vehicles had evaporated and with the second run they're no longer present to help
Electronics Forum | Sun Sep 04 01:59:41 EDT 2005 | smartasp
We need to dry and clean the air in our dedicated poting and conformal coating room. Can anybody help on how to go about it. The airconditions only recycle and dry until room temperature is reached and therefore have great fluctuations and unstable p
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 01 10:13:39 EST 2006 | kmorris
I haven't seen a hydrometer used in years. Are > you still foam fluxing? There used to be > automatic units available, but with the advent of > the spray fluxer, they may have dried up. If you > are still foam fluxing with alcohol thinner, >
Electronics Forum | Thu Feb 16 11:23:04 EST 2006 | fredc
I saw WD-40 recomended as a lubricant for feeders. I might use it for a quick solvent rinse that I was planning to blow off all traces. Many years ago I put away some micrometers that had been sprayed with WD-40 after a year or so the solvents in the