Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 02 20:59:23 EDT 2002 | davef
We�ve been stewing on this and it just dawned on us the part that�s missing. Blow-holing is caused by BOTH of the following: * Moisture absorption by the resin that holds the board together. [Steve is addressing this with his various baking schemes
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 17 16:18:22 EDT 1999 | Earl Moon
| | Has anyone had problems with the Weller MT 1500 IRON/TIP solder station? | | Please advise your problem and resolution. | | | | ddj | | 6/16/99 | | | I don't like to use the needle tips (MT2 series), but the rest of the tips work fine. The MT2
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 31 23:02:19 EST 1997 | Scott McKee
| Has anyone had any experience with thermal shocking | and cracking of SMD capacitors during the rework process? | My company was advised to preheat capacitors to 125 C | at a rate of 2 C/sec before replacing them onto boards. | Would this maybe
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 30 18:40:06 EDT 2005 | KEN
What your asking has many variables. 1. Material: SS vs. Cast Iron. Iron is thicker. Which SS? 316, 316L 2. Pump speeds, turbulence, hours of operation directly affect equipment life. 3. Things like scraping the pots, the tunnels, impelle
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 12 09:51:42 EDT 2005 | russ
We use the JBC irons with and without the "leadfree" tips. We really have not noticed much difference between the standard and the lead free. The lead free tips do last a little longer but the tips are somewhat deformed by the extra plating. As f
Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 12:07:26 EDT 2006 | Sheldon Stewart (Process Engineer)
I am curious if everyone else is seeing the same dramatically reduced tip life with lead-free that I am? We have purchased new irones with controlled temperatures up to 800F. We are doing more hand soldering on our lead-free at the present while wait
Electronics Forum | Thu Nov 02 15:46:43 EST 2006 | rgduval
I'm looking for some information on soldering irons being used in my no-lead process. Specifically, my floor seem to be burning out tips at an alarming rate, when soldering lead-free assemblies. Today, I had one woman burn out a brand new tip in 4
Electronics Forum | Sun Nov 05 23:01:53 EST 2006 | Sxsxcx
ok, sorry ,750 was deg F and which I said 350~400 were deg C, I got a mistake. As I know, we use 660~720 deg F to do reworking for lead free solders such as SAC series and SnCu0.7 series solder to protect irons and components on boards. when temp.
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 25 12:26:34 EDT 2009 | clampron
Some information on the web regarding RoHS and tip life... What problems are there for using Lead-free solder? ? Higher melting point of Lead-free solder may cause physical and thermal damage to components and PCB. ? Lead-free solder has poor
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 21 00:38:46 EDT 2001 | dougk
Where did this come from? I hope our safety director doesn't see this or I'll have more work to do. Seriously, if is bacterial contamination, it would be lysed immediately on contact with the iron. We ask our operators to wash their hands after handl
