Dear GR,
I represent Kyzen Corporation and would like to address a couple points in your message.
Both Kyzen and Zestron are global suppliers of engineered cleaning fluids for removing flux residues from electronic assemblies. Aqueous cleaning fluids are concentrated fluid compositions that rapidly dissolve, and in some cases saponify the flux residue. The Trek inline cleaning machine provides dynamic forces that allow the cleaning material to remove, penetrate, and dissolve the flux residue from the surface and under components.
Aqueous cleaning fluids are built with four driving forces: 1. Dissolution, 2. Saponification, 3. Wetting, 4. Minor ingredients to address foaming and compatibility. Aqueous cleaning has been more challenging as electronic assemblies move toward increasingly dense circuit designs, populated with low standoff components, and the move toward Pb-free. To address these challenges, Kyzen works closely with customers, solder material companies, and cleaning equipment companies to design cleaning fluids that address customer needs.
Cleaning fluids are built to support different cleaning equipment designs. For your application, Kyzen offers aqueous cleaning fluids which work at low concentrations in the Trek inline. We would be happy to supply you with samples for testing or you may send your parts to our Application Testing Lab for evaluation. We provide you process recommendations for use in your existing Trek machine.
I would like to address one point additional point in your text message. You noted, "We have contacted Kyzen and Zestron and both end up slinging mud at the others products." If anyone from Kyzen has made inappropriate comments about our competitor's products, I personally apologize. Kyzen's customer centric approach is to offer the merits of our cleaning fluids based on the goal of satisfying customer needs. We respect Zestron as a competitor and have no interest in slinging mud their way.
Thanks,
Mike Bixenman, CTO Kyzen Corporation
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