Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 19 09:39:44 EST 2005 | 4rides
I find myself in possesion of a solder pot from a production machine that was sent to scrap. The scrap man was uninterested in the 2 ton pot. Does this thing have value ?? Or am I stuck with a hunk of Hasmat ???
Electronics Forum | Mon Dec 19 09:45:19 EST 2005 | russ
Is it full of solder? If so, It has quite a bit of value.
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 14 14:34:02 EDT 2023 | joeljacobo
Hi, I think they are a bit of both. When they pop the bubbles something like a foam is generated.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 12:28:52 EDT 2008 | operator
I recently witnessed a process in which the solder pot operator used Techspray WSOL water soluble masking to cover the areas around a connector that was to be soldered on the solder pot. He did not wait for the WSOL to cure. He soldered immediately.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 16:20:51 EDT 2008 | hussman
Poor training. Don't blame the operator, he was either shown this or left to his own devices. Be the better man and provide him a better process. Regular old peelabale solder mask would be a start.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 16:30:45 EDT 2008 | operator
I witnessed this at our sister company. It seems to be their standard process. It is not my place to interfere with their processes. I was just curious if there was any chance of brittle solder joints or other defects that might be caused from the WS
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 14 20:42:24 EDT 2023 | stephendo
In a previous lifetime, we had a selective solder machine where I would see solder splashes in the roof of it. I thought someone might have been putting the solder extremely high. But when it was melting there would be bubbles that burst. The manufac
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 22 16:53:00 EDT 2021 | proceng1
Are you analyzing the solder in-house, or sending it to a lab? Our lab report gives the acceptable range, and our measured value.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 15 11:34:28 EDT 2023 | proceng1
I'm sure this isn't the same situation, but we did have a selective solder machine with crazy dross and solder ball build up. Turns out the operator switched the low pressure nitrogen line used for solder level and the high pressure nitrogen line fo