Electronics Forum | Mon May 22 11:28:56 EDT 2006 | Rob
Hi Pat, The main driver for the UK on Lead-Free is to avoid leachate in our drinking water & in the food chain. Whilst John Burke's report is compelling & I agree with him on the points he has raised, regarding the leachate issue he has referenced
Electronics Forum | Tue May 16 17:42:52 EDT 2006 | jbrower
Howdy aj, wow! Be prepared for serious problems with corrosion of your stainless steel workings of your pump. Last I looked changing a wave solder pot over to nitrated coating for electrovert was in the neighborhood of 18-20K. I'm not a betting man
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 08:12:22 EDT 2006 | marc
smt You should have no issue using your exsisting oven for both leaded and lead free materials if the machine is capable of delivering the desired profiles. One aspect that makes a "lead free" oven is the design of the system. Ability to reach th
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 20:42:36 EDT 2006 | davef
Hypothesis #1: We agree with Steve. You are probably seeing the nickel underplate. The gold was absorbed into the solder in portions of a second, so that you don't see it is not surprising. We're guessing that the gold was porous and allowed the n
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 03:36:38 EDT 2006 | Grant
Hi, We are about to change our wave over to lead free solder, and it's a Soltec Deltawave, which uses about 750 KG of solder. Our supplier is recommending we change the bath over, however that seems a bit extreme. They are concerned we won't get ri
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 14:50:08 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, The bath is titanium coated, and the machine is only 2 years old, and was designed for lead free, so we know we don't need to change anything. The reason the supplier gave for suggesting the bath change is "other companies are doing it" and it'
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 16:10:18 EDT 2006 | adlsmt
We did a tin bath on ours but it was provided for free by Nihon Superior so that is a no-brainer. It was better than taking a risk of having to dump the pot. If you cant get a free tin bath, then you should probably go ahead and fill it half way or s
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 19:45:32 EDT 2006 | grantp
Hi, The tin flush is a good idea, and better than the suppliers suggestion of filling with lead-free solder which is much more expensive. I guess we won't be leaving a KG of solder in the bath, but based on your experience, how much remaining sold
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 12:06:28 EDT 2006 | Chunks
"As a great thinker/Philosopher like myself once said a few years ago:" Who was this great person that hated SMTnet years ago? MoonMan, you have to realize that when you boast silly things such as high CPH and new metals that no has ever seen, that
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 12:10:16 EDT 2006 | muse95
The whole point of any forum is to share practical tips and tricks and learn from others in similar positions. If the only thing you're going to say in your posts is "hire a consultant to achieve synergy" you aren't really contributing, it just sound
