Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 16 09:03:26 EDT 2013 | dontfeedphils
Just pick up some of the plastic putty knifes, pretty cheap.
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 29 11:15:05 EDT 2013 | kjs123p
We used to scrape off the paste with a plastic putty knife and then place the boards in our Smart Sonic stencil cleaner that we used to clean the stencils in. It worked well.
Electronics Forum | Thu May 17 16:17:34 EDT 2018 | raylawre
Mcmaster only had white in that style. I had no problem finding spatulas or putty knives that fit the function of what I was looking for, it was more of the color green for visuals. Its just a nice touch for the visual. I may just dip the handles to
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 23 17:24:43 EST 2005 | adlsmt
With Jars you tend to mix used paste back in with new paste and there is also a lot of air in the jar. If you are high mix try using cartridges and putting the used paste in little ziplock baggies. You can rip the baggies open including tearing the s
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 09 08:56:22 EST 2016 | sumote
The screens go in with some paste left on 'em, (operators can only remove so much manually) > That is BS. We clean our screens by hand ONLY and I am able to remove all of the solder using a 1" putty knife and Micro Care Alcohol-Enhanced Flux Rem
Electronics Forum | Sat Feb 12 13:19:27 EST 2011 | tpappano
A simple trick I read either here or on another P&P forum is to use "Silly Putty". Place a small thin spot of Silly Putty on the top of the front conveyor rail, and put the machine in "manual" mode. Steer head #1 over the putty and lower it, leavin
Electronics Forum | Thu Aug 08 13:09:38 EDT 2013 | cyber_wolf
Hege, there is no actual calibration of the thermocouple itself. You can however verify that they read correctly. Heller sells an option on their reflow ovens specifically for this purpose. I hoping that someone chimes in here that is NADCAP certifi
Electronics Forum | Tue Aug 23 03:29:37 EDT 2022 | samhe
I received a buck-boost DCDC board with an optical sensor from NextPCB, so I mounted the components and measured the efficiency. Table of contents Board received from NextPCB Solder paste printing Mounting of parts Reflow operation check Attaching
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 09 08:23:31 EST 2005 | davef
We don't have experience on this, but first we'd talk to a technical type at our solder paste supplier. Baring that, we'd: * Soak a paper towel in a 'solvent' [ie Kyzen XJN, EnviroSense Enviro Gold, Petroferm Hydrex, etc]. * Place the towel in conta
Electronics Forum | Thu May 17 16:09:50 EDT 2018 | raylawre
Thanks for the feedback, We don't use DEK or AIM, I saw DEK has black or white spatulas, didn't see green, and it seems like only from places out of UK. I've gotten the 1" wide green rounded ones from AIM in the past (including logo), but since I don