Electronics Forum | Mon May 19 18:10:43 EDT 2003 | msjohnston
A chemical change is needed to reduce VOC�s in our spray-in-air stencil cleaner. Items that are to be considered to effectively find a replacement chemical that works as well, or better than the current chemical include, but not limited to, the foll
Electronics Forum | Tue May 20 12:20:58 EDT 2003 | billschreiber
Hello Mike, We have just sent out the press releases. 440-R SMT Detergent, the only chemistry to complete the EPA's Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program, as part of the Smart Sonic Stencil Cleaning Process, is now available for use i
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 16 08:52:42 EDT 2003 | stefwitt
I don�t see how we could make any impact on the OEM�s to review their decision on the registration fees. Companies, who used to make things happen, are the big ones and they don�t care and don�t buy used machines. You could: Ask the broker/ dealer
Electronics Forum | Mon Feb 02 15:48:00 EST 2004 | billschreiber
Hello Rick, There have been several papers published on the benefits and safety of using ultrasonics for cleaning PCBs. The following are just a few: *B.P. Richards, P. Burton, et. al. "Does Ultrasonic Cleaning of PCBs Cause Component Problems: An
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 17 10:08:17 EST 2004 | russ
Do you have a bake oven that will reach 200C? You could bring a batch of boards up to temp and then start the pluckin'. A sfar as the solder goes if you apply flux to the leads they remove very clean as far as solder goes. To remove the flux we pl
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 04 22:57:32 EST 2004 | Ken
I have an Aqueous Technologies stencil cleaner and I can see many SAWA advantages over the "larger" machines. 1. Floor space savings 2. Chemical cost (up to 30 dollars a gallon) 3. Hand ultra sonic cleaning could never destroy the webbing and bon
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 20 08:37:06 EST 2004 | Primus
The BioAct SC-10 wipes work great, but I've noticed some contamination in our solder joints after I began using them on the stencils. After cleaning the paste off the stencil with the wipes, I started spraying the stencil down with isoproponal and bl
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 25 11:09:29 EST 2004 | paul_bmc
I ran into the same problem. What I had is a customer that required us to use a No Clean because of the Low flux activity then they want it cleaned. Well to clean the No clean your going to use such a high percentage of cleaner in your sapinifer th
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 09 11:57:56 EDT 2004 | Chris Lampron
WA Engineer, If you are able to change over to OA instead of RMA, you can clean effectively with DI water. (I know that some Military contracts specify RMA) Most systems are designed to filter the waste water of ionized contaminants before dumping t
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 01 14:58:59 EDT 2004 | Shean Dalton
To address the last sentence of the recent posting, Austin American Technology does have experience with board cleaners as described. More recently AAT developed a cleaning system simliar to your description called the AquaBatch. The AquaBatch was
