Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 01 09:26:39 EST 2006 | pjc
Density is an "implied" measurement to determine activity. Most flux suppliers can sell you a flux acidity (activity) measurement kit. I used one from Multicore a few years back. We used it once in the morning and once after lunch to monitor no-clean
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 01 10:13:39 EST 2006 | kmorris
I haven't seen a hydrometer used in years. Are > you still foam fluxing? There used to be > automatic units available, but with the advent of > the spray fluxer, they may have dried up. If you > are still foam fluxing with alcohol thinner, >
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 05 14:35:17 EDT 2006 | marc
Yes.... stop checking on your process.... :) Seriously...if you cleaning the boards after I would suspect no issues. If your leaving the flux on the board (I suspect they are using quite a bit) then I would be concerned. Since the boards have al
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 08 17:13:41 EDT 2006 | davef
We don't agree that "a little to the top would just even things out". The raw flux on the top of the board never touches the wave and so, does not receive the proper amount of heat for activation, except at the through hole barrels. * We assume WML
Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 16 16:01:42 EDT 2006 | timnop
I have a wave machine (offshore made) with internal spray fluxer configured with a conventional spray gun set up. In order to spray fluid (in this case, flux) I must set the air pressure at 0.3 mPA (43 PSI). At that pressure, my flux sprayer creates
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 17 17:34:26 EST 2006 | realchunks
OK, why are you hand fluxing? You may want to take the time to use your real fluxer. Yeah, it's a bit messy but you can control the amount of flux you're putting on the board. And with water based fluxes, this is critical. If you are stuck to han
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 08 08:26:14 EDT 2007 | davef
Testing for solder mask cure: Search the fine SMTnet Archives, for instance: http://www.smtnet.com/forums/Index.cfm?CFApp=1&Message_ID=15726 Residue after wave: Water in your wave soldering flux may cause your NC flux residue to go white. Indium W
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 10 08:01:28 EDT 2007 | ck_the_flip
We use Indium 1074-EXR on ERSA, and it's performed miracles on our yields. Spot soldering, like wave, is all about fundamentals. Put just enough flux, preheat to prevent thermal shock and activate the flux, and then solder with enough dwell time to
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 29 07:06:44 EDT 2009 | patrickbruneel
Deni, This looks more like webbing and not flux residue. Webbing is caused by not enough flux to protect the surface resulting in oxide webs sticking to the board surface. The insufficient flux can be caused by: - Weak flux foam head - Air knife p
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 25 12:19:52 EDT 2010 | operator
I have always been under the impression that you want the flux make-up of your cored wire and supplemental flux (squeeze bottle) to be as identical/compatible as possible. I was just looking over a manufacturers datasheet for a resin-based cored wir
