Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 09 15:09:29 EDT 2004 | dwoodrow
Does anyone out there use anything besides alcohol in their automatic claw/finger cleaners in their wave solder machines? We are nearing our VOC limit and are looking into other chemicals (VOC-free) for cleaning. Thanks David
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 09 15:53:09 EDT 2004 | Ordie.
You might want to try Zestron. They make a lot of different cleaners. We use Zestron SD 300 if we clean a stencil by hand. It works great, a lot better than alcohol. Go to http://www.zestron.com. Hope this helps.
Electronics Forum | Sat Jun 12 17:01:44 EDT 1999 | Murray Pulman
We are using so called no-clean fluxws for our small batch production, however the results are not always very visualy pleasing with white powdery deposits being the norm. I would like advise on the best avenue to explore for a small batch cleaning s
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 29 21:27:21 EDT 2019 | aqueous
It depends on the flux type. If it's water soluble, it should be cleaned soon after reflow because OA flux remains active after reflow. If it's rosin or no-clean (low-residue), then the only concern is the longer wait time, the more difficult it will
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 19:47:05 EDT 2004 | davef
Glue has different mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties than solder. That's why all these very nice no-lead people are furiously trying to gin-up some wacky solder alloy, rather than using glue. Among the papers in the SMTA Knowledge base
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 01 19:12:16 EST 2002 | Mike Konrad
�Cheap� is relevant. Is $ 3,500 for equipment cheap or expensive? If $ 3,500 is cheap, than we have a solution for you. If $ 3,500 is expensive, then purchase pre-saturated chemical wipes, latex gloves and a hazardous waste bin. As for �effective
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 09 07:22:28 EST 2005 | davef
No. Aqueous Technologies, Kyzen, Petroferm, Zestron, Alpha Metals and many more companies have tested their chemical for use with many different production materials and should be able to discuss the effectiveness of their chemical. Beyond that, ma
Electronics Forum | Fri Jan 19 20:55:56 EST 2007 | Mike Konrad
The answer depends on the cleaning / defluxing method. There are many fine chemicals available. One must first consider the cleaning method, then safety (environment and operator), then cost. For automated board cleaners (defluxers), consider th
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 18 10:15:04 EST 2004 | jdumont
We are having problems removing the flux residue from our boards in our batch cleaner. We use Indium SMQ92J which I hear is notoriously difficult to remove. Can anyone suggest a similar paste (price/performance) that has better results with cleaning
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 05 14:29:14 EST 2010 | kaz
the board in question is from Foba Laser Engraver, it's a surface contamination coming from.. everywhere, a lot of moving parts that are lubricated. I'm now studding chemicals that we may use for our kind of rework & cleaning. We may think of modifyi
