Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 25 13:29:08 EST 1998 | Gary Simbulan
We currently use an abrasive fiberglass brush to clean the silver oxide off of our substrates proir to asembly. It's messy and tiring. Is there an alternative method, either chemical or mechanical that is cost effective for small (30 to 50ea 6in sq
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 07 16:12:13 EDT 2001 | Michael Parker
In addition, consider: Solder paste selection, including clean or no-clean is also quite important. This can vary from application and is somewhat process dependant (what works best in the environment). Relow profile. A must for many reasons. And
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 07 11:59:10 EDT 2001 | Carol Stirling
Could someone recommend the pressure for cleaning PWBs after reflow please? Also, if there is a wash system you find satisfactory, the name, phone and location would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for the help. Carol (Excuse the typo in the Thre
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 07 13:44:23 EDT 2001 | Hussman
Wut-chuw talkin' 'bout Carol? Are you talking about an aqueous wash machine to clean your boards? Well then, I've always liked Electroverts machines. They're modular and seem to do the job well. It all depends on your boards and your process.
Electronics Forum | Mon Apr 01 20:25:48 EST 2002 | davef
Stop!!! Whoa!!! Time-aut You have equipment like "Siemens 80S & 80F, Sanyo TCM 3000 and GSM" and you're not going to convince people to clean the ever lovin' bejuice out of your stencils? You're thinking handy-wipes are going to get it done? Wha
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 26 19:23:44 EST 2002 | sy_koh
I am looking a stencil cleaner machine. My co. is ISO 14000 certified ans using no-clean process. I am looking at various options. 1) Water cleaned Vs solvent 2) Ultrasonics Vs spraying. I had also the intention to use this machine to wash wavesold
Electronics Forum | Mon May 27 12:55:28 EDT 2002 | jgeissler
We are experiencing an increased amount of machine stoppage due to brittle 8mm cover tape. The issue does not appear to be feeder or part/manufacturer specific. Taking a foot of cover tape and pulling it from the ends results the cover tape snappin
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 03 22:35:02 EDT 2002 | Stephen
If you can solder in an inert atmosphere you'll find the problem will disappear, even blowing N2 over the surface while soldering will solve the problem. 10�C over peak is not excessive, I've run up to 350�C in some cases, protected by N2 the flux wi
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 20 16:24:59 EDT 2002 | blnorman
At the OSHA training institute, our instructor stuck an electric drill in a bucket of water to demonstrate what proper grounding will do. Personally I wasn't going to try it. All our fluxes are no-clean, and are IPA based. Granted we used aqueous
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 02 12:33:32 EDT 2002 | Mike Konrad
We have had success removing white residue. A change of chemical (PCB-Wash or Vigon A200) have a good track record in removing white residue. As Dave stated, we (and others) operate a contract cleaning service. Contact me offline and I�ll provide