Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 04 12:34:48 EST 2004 | cyber_wolf
I know that many smaller companies clean their stencils the same way you do. If you get good results cleaning your stencils this way then I would say stick with the alcohol/wipe method. Take your stencil and put it under a microscope.If the aperture
Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 14 12:24:44 EDT 2002 | scottefiske
We need to remember here that as printer manufacturers were enhancing their product lines, miniaturization was quickly being developed in the background. In the last 2 years I was involved in developing and conducting a D.O.E./F.M.E.A in determining
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 21 22:41:32 EST 2005 | alwil
Thats interesting to hear. We dry wipe when we print with glue, but always use solvent for paste.
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 22 05:39:01 EST 2005 | aj
we use IPA. We also do dry wipes on some products
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 16 08:54:57 EST 1999 | Ross Berntson
| I am fairly new to the SMT game and I am getting conflicting answers to the following. Maybe someone can help me! When printing, one person is telling me that the stencil should be wiped completely clean of all paste because the quality of the
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 10 13:16:17 EDT 2000 | Bob Willis
Here is some thing that I wrote a while back on solder beading. First what is a Solder Bead? The term solder bead is used to differentiate it from solder balls. A solder bead is a solder ball but its location is normally constant unlike solder bal
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 20 17:47:28 EDT 1999 | Deon Nungaray
| I recently switched from solder paste in 500 gram jars to 500 gram tubes. I did this to try to limit the time the paste is exposed to the room environment. But we have a need to clean the stencil every 4 - 5 boards which means taking the bulk paste
Electronics Forum | Fri Mar 23 14:13:20 EST 2001 | mnaddra
RW, I have Screened Adhesive on to several different assemblies and have found that when it is possible I get a much better result than with a dot deposition process (The green strength was greatly improved), the biggest issue I ran in to was the pr
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 16 13:31:30 EDT 2006 | a_laser
You can stop cleaning after a job when there is no more paste in the apertures. Under wiping should be done with a quality cloth and should leave no paste on the underside of the stencil (assures good contact on the next print and reduces chances of
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 13 07:57:42 EST 1999 | Kelly
| I am fairly new to the SMT game and I am getting conflicting answers to the following. Maybe someone can help me! When printing, one person is telling me that the stencil should be wiped completely clean of all paste because the quality of the