Electronics Forum | Tue May 02 12:07:26 EDT 2006 | Sheldon Stewart (Process Engineer)
I am curious if everyone else is seeing the same dramatically reduced tip life with lead-free that I am? We have purchased new irones with controlled temperatures up to 800F. We are doing more hand soldering on our lead-free at the present while wait
Electronics Forum | Thu May 11 16:48:57 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
In all fairness no one has the answer for you, non of the lead-free alloys has been long enough in use or have supporting long-term reliability data. No matter what alloy you will use, your company will be at risk, that�s why so many exemptions are a
Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 14:35:58 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
Steve, You're asking the right questions, don�t listen to sales pitch and stick with the facts. But you're in for a tough ride with lead-free because there is just not enough data and experience with the lead-free alloys as of yet. Every month you h
Electronics Forum | Tue May 16 08:42:45 EDT 2006 | jdengler
Should you be "Master Chunks" or maybe "Master Dr. Chunks" Jerry
Electronics Forum | Tue May 16 10:19:07 EDT 2006 | Rob
Surely that would be Mistress Chunks?
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 03:36:38 EDT 2006 | Grant
Hi, We are about to change our wave over to lead free solder, and it's a Soltec Deltawave, which uses about 750 KG of solder. Our supplier is recommending we change the bath over, however that seems a bit extreme. They are concerned we won't get ri
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 09:15:35 EDT 2006 | Mike Dunn
What is your bath made out of?
Electronics Forum | Thu May 18 09:53:54 EDT 2006 | russ
Are you talking a tin purge here?
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 27 10:41:20 EDT 2006 | aj
No. We went straight from Lead Alloy to SACX. aj...
Electronics Forum | Mon Jun 12 09:47:18 EDT 2006 | patrickbruneel
Hi Grant, You definitely have a pre-heat problem and not a flux problem. Pallets together with the BNC connectors put a large thermal demand on your pre-heating. 3 zones would be a good investment even with leaded solder due to the high thermal dema
