Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 05 15:09:44 EDT 2002 | cyber_wolf
I have seen this happen before it has been my experience that even one tiny sphere of solder form your solder paste will melt and spread out on your gold fingers. The particles are so small that they are not visible to the naked eye. If operators ha
Electronics Forum | Sun Feb 23 14:51:02 EST 2003 | davef
Without being clear on whether you're talking about: * Standard air knives at the back-end of your in-line cleaner ... OR * Hand held or similar nozzle. Standard air knives: This causes no problem with ESD because the relative humidity is so high t
Electronics Forum | Sat Mar 20 08:37:06 EST 2004 | Primus
The BioAct SC-10 wipes work great, but I've noticed some contamination in our solder joints after I began using them on the stencils. After cleaning the paste off the stencil with the wipes, I started spraying the stencil down with isoproponal and bl
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 25 03:24:11 EDT 2009 | fiona_j
Hello, I have been recently bringing a new RoHS wave soldering machine into production. Unfortunately, I am finding many of the boards are experiencing blow holes. It is always silver plated PCBs and I believe it is related to moisture ingress. I n
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 04 10:28:04 EST 2009 | vetteboy86
Its been a while since I've worked with a QSP-2 > but I seem to remember that they should have a > puff off value where the machine will actually > blow the part off of the nozzle. I think it was > adjustable under the component handling but I >
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 18 15:37:44 EDT 2010 | remullis
One thing I have run into when placing cap's flush to the board is blow holes due to the plastic sheathing used around the cap. It would form a gasket going through wave and exhaust out of the holes therefore blowing the solder out with it. This cap
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 16 07:40:27 EDT 2012 | bobpan
Here are a couple of things to look at. 1. Watch the machine run....and if it misses a part....make sure it doesnt blow out the next part being presented. Sometimes the air pressure is too high and the vacuum verify will blow the part out of the poc
Electronics Forum | Fri May 17 08:43:46 EDT 2013 | fredcalkins
If you have Flexhead nozzles you need to be careful that whatever solvent you use does not attack the gasket adhesive. I might try a couple of drops of a spray like WD-40 or LPS. Let it soak for a few minutes and blow it out with compressed air. Repe
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 07 10:02:01 EDT 2013 | sarason
In thirty years of Electronic service I have never had problems with moisture in boards when hand soldered. I have worked on boards in boxes for defense through industrial control, joy rides etc. Sometimes they some back buried in half an inch of dus
Electronics Forum | Fri May 13 19:48:28 EDT 2022 | cbeneat
Not completely. We end up increasing the blow off/vacuum break air pressure. The only issue with that is if we go too high, and a small part is close to the light it will blow it out of position. So on occasion there is a balancing act we have to do.
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