Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 24 16:06:33 EDT 2007 | coop
I was just wondering if anybody has noticed a greenish/muddy color to their solder. It is just a very thin layer that can be easily be skimmed away but comes back shortly, I was just wondering if this an indication of a contaminated solder pot, we ha
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 27 11:01:58 EDT 2016 | mufflerbearings
From the pic, it looks like you have a bad board; ENIG process issue. It used to be called black pad for SMT but I'm sure it's the same condition for T/H. Any good electronic lab should be able to id the black stuff. I would also send raw boards bac
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 28 11:31:08 EST 2005 | russ
This sounds a lot like a profile that is killing flux activity prior to wave immersion. What is your topside preheat temp just prior to hitting the wave? What type of preheat do you have, convection or radiant? Are you using a chip/turbulent wave
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 28 12:17:49 EST 2005 | lyrtech
TO JAY: What type of assemblies are you having 50-75% fill on. - Capacitor, resistor Are they single sided? - Yes Plated through hole? - No Is this a recent problem? - Yes, first time, but we don't know how long it last. TO RUSS: What is your t
Electronics Forum | Mon May 17 20:39:49 EDT 2004 | Ken
I disagree about the maintenance issues with tin/copper solder. All high tin content solders are hard on machines (silver or not). More dross? Controlling the back flow, front flow velocity and AVOID constant surface cleaning will reduce your dros
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 26 23:14:25 EDT 2013 | zsoden
We picked up this old (circa late 80s) Seho 1135 machine last year for next to nothing. It needed a bit of TLC to bring it back to working order but it's 99% working now. The only problem left is that we cannot get sufficient height from the delta wa
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 06 15:01:33 EDT 2020 | charliedci
We've used glass (pyrex, corningware) bread pans in the past, not filling them much over 1" deep. It takes a while but leaves solder ingots sized well to drop back in. Have not tried lead free yet, the higher temp could be an issue using same ty
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 23 09:38:52 EST 2011 | blnorman
More agreement with screen print adhesives. Back in a former life time we did do pin transfer on one of our product lines. If you had to go with pins, make sure your adhesive rheology is suited for it. Different adhesives are designed for specific
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 01 02:47:01 EDT 2005 | stalkerb
Thanks Cmiller & PR, I am warmed to hear others are doing this sort of thing.......like all inovative ideas, you often stumble into them. As far as im aware the ERSA dual Pot is the only machine avaiable on the market that can do this sort of thing
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 01 01:21:05 EDT 2005 | cmiller
PS, sorry for any confusion, ALDSMT and CMILLER are both me. ADLSMT is my user name on SMTNET and CMILLER is me, cmiller@adltech.com I usually use cmiler to reply to stuff as if anybody e-mails me it makes more sense. adltech.com is a work in progr
