Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 05 18:45:01 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| Is the no clean solder paste as good? We are wondering if we can elliminate the wash when we change from through hole to surface mount. | John, No clean is as good as your process, and the paste you are using. Everything I do is no clean and I h
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 07 18:05:40 EDT 1998 | Roxanne Picou
| Looking for Cleaning solvent to claen missprinted PCB, that will be good for paste (CS) and glue (PS). | One that is easy to evaporate with out leaving | white powder around component leads on CS (when cleaning PS) Solder paste cleaning can be acc
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 06 13:19:36 EDT 2001 | mparker
The main criteria is at what frequency is the RF operating? If it's in the microwave region, forget no-clean. Low frequencies - 0 to 100 MHz, probably ok. Beyond that, it's application specific. Depends on components used and circuit design. The p
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 04 13:12:35 EST 2004 | Debbie
Hi Rick, Cleaning No Cleans is becoming more of a norm. It is true that changing to a OA flux/paste would be a easier process to control from a cleaning standpoint. A water soluble process will cost a great deal less as well. However, if your pro
Electronics Forum | Fri Feb 20 08:56:42 EST 2004 | davef
We successfully clean WS flux on 1mm and 1.25mm pitch BGA. For 0.8mm pitch BGA, we use no clean, because we cannot remove the flux residue from under them efficiently. Use ion chromatography testing to be sure it is clean under the BGA. IC is the on
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 30 16:07:06 EDT 2004 | Shean Dalton
Hi Chen, Based on your posted message, the following ideas are for your consideration: "brown residue" The water soluble solder paste you are using could be a water soluble rosin solder paste formulation. Perhaps the solder paste may not be proper
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 20 09:49:08 EST 2005 | Mike Konrad
Regarding the reference (Patrick) to a previous thread promoting �no-residue� fluxes, I must say that there is absolutely no such thing as �No-Residue� flux. There are �Low-Residue� fluxes and even �Very-Low� residue fluxes but to suggest that there
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 12 08:25:43 EDT 2005 | davef
Q1 Can anyone explain to me what is the clean and non clean solder? A1 The trend away from CFCs has lead many users to evaluate switching to no-clean soldering processes. The term "no-clean" is actually a common misnomer when used to describe a flux
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 14 09:42:36 EDT 2005 | saragorcos
Our facility helps customers clean no-clean soldered boards on a regular basis, and it definitely can be done but is a little more challenging than boards built with water soluble flux - one piece of advice I would give is to use low water pressure (
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 31 12:00:59 EDT 2011 | cpitarys
Vapor phase or vapor degreasing cleaning for electronics is simple technology that holds merit on process situations like you described. Easy and quick to set up and process with today's modern equipment you can be up and running in no time once the
