Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 03:12:25 EST 2011 | pkannan
You are very right. There are 2 major factors 1) There is going to be Flux separation. This is basically due to fact that metal particles are heavier than the Flux vehicle system, and due to gravity effect they slowly drift downwards leaving the ligh
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 04 08:49:45 EDT 2008 | ck_the_flip
Define "expired" though... 1 week? 6 weeks? 1 month? 6 months? Unrefrigerated life is generally 30 days. If paste has been stored refrigerated at manufacturer recommended temperatures, what would you guys do, like say, if you owned your own shop
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 28 13:46:28 EST 2006 | slthomas
Assuming you're using DOM and shelf life to determine what's good and what's not, you just have to know 1)the rate at which you use it up, 2) how much shelf life is left, and 3) the rate that it goes bad when not refrigerated. From that you can tel
Electronics Forum | Thu Oct 27 08:38:04 EDT 2005 | jdengler
Simply leave the paste out at the end of the shift for the next days use. Keeping the paste refrigerated just prolongs the shelf life. Even if you are at the expiration date leaving the paste out for 36 hrs won't make any difference. Jerry
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 26 10:05:41 EDT 2012 | testbloke
Although we do not have any soldering issues with our OSP PCB's, I am trying to establish clear rules with regards pcb storage and shelf life. Our PCB's are supplied in metalised moisture barrier bags but without desicant, our current rules as follow
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 14 01:45:46 EST 2001 | Yngwie
In my factory, we are setting the shelf life of paste on the printer to be 2hrs. What is the best way to measure this and when does the 2 hr start? It is quite difficult as sometimes the line is down for 1 hr and then start again. Should we cummulat
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 26 19:40:17 EDT 2004 | Grant
Hi, That's a good idea. I might head down the the 7-Eleven, and try it! I did not realize there is not too much to be gained by using refrigeration. We don't keep much paste in stock and buy it as we need it, so perhaps we should just keep it out r
Electronics Forum | Tue Jan 19 11:12:41 EST 1999 | Dave F
| | | | | Folk's, | | | | | | | | | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly
Electronics Forum | Mon Jan 18 10:01:16 EST 1999 | John W
| | | | Folk's, | | | | | | | | I'm looking for information of how long you cna store a gold finish PCB before building it. I know there are problems with the gold disappearing into the underlying nickle over time / temperature etc but exactly how l
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 14 09:07:34 EST 2001 | blnorman
We just ran a study to try to determine this. We exposed the paste to 85% humidity to simulate worst case manufacturing. At various times we removed the paste from the chamber and tested it for tack, solder balling, wetting (copper coupon), and vis
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