Electronics Forum | Sat Sep 26 19:16:54 EDT 1998 | Graham Naisbitt
Ajit, How clean is clean? Are you running fine-line, fine-pitch; COB, BGA, Flip-Chip; making high rel circuits and putting them into a hostile environment? Well, as I have just posted to an earlier similar question on the SMTNet, there is no such thi
Electronics Forum | Wed Jun 05 14:43:33 EDT 2002 | davef
Steve, As a reason for cleaning no-clean flux res: Well, maybe some of Por's products / customers can live with NC flux res, while others cannot accept it. So, rather than running two fluxes Por finds it simpler to clean the NC flux res. For us,
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 06 02:52:42 EDT 2002 | ianchan
Hi mates, just my 2cents worth... some folks (like us) have product runs that have BGA using no-clean, coupled that with Class3 IPC-A-610 specs, topped with aerospace/military customer defined specs. we end up cleaning NC with a degreaser machine w
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 16 11:03:22 EDT 2002 | Claude_Couture
I use Kyzen's Aquanox SSA cleaner in a heated parts cleaning tub to clean anything with flux condensate on it. When heated to 120F, the stuff melts away like ice under hot water. When the cleaning solution is loaded, I send it in an evaporator. The s
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 24 20:19:09 EST 2004 | Ken
I recently did a no clean flux eval and by far the leader in the category for remainder (residue) was Interflux 2005MZ 1. You first mission is to provide acceptable solder joints. 2. Only apply what you need to achieve acceptable results. Spray f
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 05 08:58:13 EST 2005 | davef
Q1. Is it enough to use only water while cleaning or is it necessary to use any additional chemistries and/or saponifiers as well? A1. It depends on: * Flux residues that you're cleaning * Standoff of the components * Cleaning technology [we've neve
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 16 09:22:20 EST 2005 | russ
Try varying you conveyor speed as well to increase the dwell time on the wave (touchy, and can easily be overdone). Every no-clean type and process I have ever used will leave some type of residue. They can be minimized but they will always be ther
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 15 14:06:24 EDT 2005 | saragorcos
Shean made some good points and offered some good starting resources. Adding to what he said, I would also mention that many times, even a no-clean flux can cause contamination that requires cleaning. Our lab has dealt with numerous cases of client
Electronics Forum | Wed May 30 22:09:31 EDT 2007 | jeffreys
I'm trying to find a solution that will clean our PCBAs that will meet the following criteria: 1. Low cost 2. Enable us to clean 25 - 100 PCBAs per day 3. Leave boards clean, including residue removal 4. Preferably environmental friendly 5. should b
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 30 20:55:14 EDT 2008 | davef
Residues from different no-clean fluxes produce different levels of variation in RF circuits. Some no-clean fluxes work fine. Following this, a no-clean flux can produce different levels of variation in RF circuits depending on the process setup.
