Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 16 15:39:15 EDT 2010 | mikesewell
Keep in mind you'll still need to preheat the assembly to properly activate the flux/drive off volatiles in the paste. Perhaps a convection toaster oven... Add some cooling coils and a freeboard/tube to the top of your pasta cooker or turkey fryer t
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 26 04:26:59 EDT 2018 | Robl
Hi VChauhan, I'll preface this by saying I am no DaveF. Voiding can occur when the flux in the paste boils and vapourises, the expanding vapour needing somewhere to go displaces the paste. So... what we have done in the past: 1) Step the stencil d
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 13 04:30:01 EDT 1999 | Brian
Hi! I recently remarked on a thread that so-called VOC-free fluxes weren't. As a result, I got three private e-mails asking what I meant. As this seems to be unclear, I'm starting a new thread with my explanation, rather than sending out the answers
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 14 19:41:32 EST 2020 | avillaro2020
Hi Evtimov, Thanks for your response. Yes, the vapour phase is suppose to handle big and heavy boards, at least thats the intention. Well our thin board is like around 3mm which is not really thin. In our application the thicker the boards means more
Electronics Forum | Tue Dec 02 08:16:21 EST 2003 | Daniel Werkhoven
Dear Adam, Yes, today certain companies are still using this cleaning technic to clean assembled PCB's. To be able to give you the right advise, I need to know what kind of fluxes are you using into your soldering processes and what level of cleanlin
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 14 22:50:45 EDT 2001 | gregH
Hi, I read an article that says "Flux selection usually depends on the following factors": a) Solderability of pcb base metal or coating b) Corrosivity of vapours and residues c) electrical resistivity of residues d) Ease of removal of residues e)
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 28 03:57:46 EST 2001 | peterbarton
Are you using a water based flux? Are the solder balls mainly around or near non-plated holes or near the edges of the PCB? If so the preheat must be set so the water content of the flux is fully evaporated before the board hits the solder wave. If
Electronics Forum | Sun Oct 13 22:19:28 EDT 2002 | mikestringer
Hi Everyone What lubricants do your maintenance people use for the chains in your Reflow ovens? The manuals for our ovens have one recommendation - but I am always open to other people�s experiences and recommendations. Another option may be easie
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 28 10:09:51 EST 1999 | Charles Stringer
| | | | Greetings, | | | | | | | | Can anyone tell me what temperatures pcb's should have when coming out of a forced convection reflow oven and out of a wavesoldering machine. | | | | Also, is there any danger of the pcb's giving off some kind of g
Electronics Forum | Wed May 16 15:40:56 EDT 2012 | davef
Here's some notes from a Bob Willis presentation Assembly of Flexible Circuits with Lead-Free Solder Alloy [Bob Willis leadfreesoldering.com] * Flexible Circuit Construction ** Base Material - 0.05mm Copper 18/18 um ESPANEX from Holders Technologies