Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 06 08:54:21 EDT 2002 | mike
I have two basic questions: 1. We have a number of small convection ovens and want to modify some of these for baking out parts when needed. We have tried pumping nitrogen into these but I still run between 35 and 50 RH. Has anyone tried converting a
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 08:38:55 EDT 2002 | dasal
Truthfully, there are pro's and con's for both technologies. (put cost of ownership aside for one moment) Nitrogen won't dry humidified components as rapidly as a desiccant dry box. I'm talking about a self regenerating dry box that uses molecular s
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 17:24:06 EST 2005 | Austinj
Solder spattering, solder balls, components "popping" off pads........ Not a serious chemical reaction, however, as replied to by KEN on 12/21/04 in a similar article: "Are you adding liquid flux? Or paste "Gel" flux? If liquid flux: This, in my m
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 24 11:01:13 EST 2006 | joseluis_amper
Hello. I don't know if is neccesary to dry all pcbs before gegin the proccess, or depend of the type of pcbs. It's neccessary to bake the pcbs and components?, only components?.... What proccess do you recomend?. I read that is convenient bake the pc
Electronics Forum | Tue Nov 28 22:34:55 EST 2006 | davef
Almost all boards are hydroscopic. In this, the epoxy holding the board together absorbs moisture. Almost all components are hydroscopic. In this, the epoxy encapsulating the component together absorbs moisture. So, as you heat the board / compon
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 12:42:28 EST 2011 | davef
If we understand correctly, your SMT solder connections remelt when passing through the wave solder machine and your QA-people don't like it when that happens. It's nice not to remelt this solder, but as long as the board meets your acceptance stand
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 08 12:39:39 EST 2016 | deanm
We have a name brand aqueous batch cleaner that uses a chemical and DI water to clean ROL0 flux from our PCBs. It does ok most of the time for SMT boards and we want to include through hole assemblies as well which should be a better cleaning process
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 20 16:33:08 EST 2001 | davef
Time, time, time. There just never seems to be enough!!! Eh? You�re correct. Depending on the material, some trays can take a high temperature bake, while other trays, in addition to tubes, and reels, require a low temperature bake. With this la
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 11 20:23:19 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Ashok: You're still goin' down that ol' ESD road aren't ya bud? Why do you need the boards to be dry? Conformal coating? Hey wait a minute, are you one of those no-clean people? Er zis related to the Kapton tape res fandango? Anywho, be careful
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 15 13:47:59 EST 2000 | Stu Leech
We have just completed a test for a leading manufacturer of SMT IC packages. There were some surprises. The carrier and cover tapes appear to be highly hygoscopic. The saturation curves for the tape and devices showed dramatic absorption at the begin
