Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 12 12:28:52 EDT 2008 | operator
I recently witnessed a process in which the solder pot operator used Techspray WSOL water soluble masking to cover the areas around a connector that was to be soldered on the solder pot. He did not wait for the WSOL to cure. He soldered immediately.
Electronics Forum | Wed Oct 12 08:34:48 EDT 2016 | assuredtech
Speaking from experience, the solder pot surface has become "wetted" so to speak, so solder will naturally wick and seek. Allow the level to go low (perhaps 1 inch plus), clean the top surface area of the solder pot as best as you can - try to remove
Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 14 20:42:24 EDT 2023 | stephendo
In a previous lifetime, we had a selective solder machine where I would see solder splashes in the roof of it. I thought someone might have been putting the solder extremely high. But when it was melting there would be bubbles that burst. The manufac
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 02 12:31:26 EST 1999 | John
| I have a product using high temperature solder to connect terminal pins to a PCB. The board is single sided copper, no plaiting. The solder is 95% tin 5 % silver. The flux is low activity rosin. The product is a subassembly. When the product i
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 20 22:39:03 EST 2006 | davef
Pavel Point: You suspect that solder paste can easily get to solder mask causing beading, because the aperture is larger than the component pad. Comment: Probably, this is incorrect. We overprint on solder mask all day long when doing paste-in-hol
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 04 16:20:35 EDT 2008 | patrickbruneel
After analyzing the pictures I don't think the solder balls are caused by the solder mask. If the problem would be solder mask related the solder balls would only show up on the solder mask but there are also solder balls on the plastic tabs. To me i
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 23 13:48:07 EST 2000 | John Storjohann
A number of years ago I used a Kester product called Solder Saver. It is a thick liquid that one squirts onto the dross on a hot solder pot. It separates out the solder leaving a crust of almost clean dross. Unfortunately a mask is still required. Th
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 06 14:34:20 EST 2010 | ppwlee
Hi, Has anyone have experience with manual soldering iron using automated wire feed? I am looking at poke yoke manual soldering 5 pins LCD and wondering if there are ways to control the volume of the solder applied to the board to minimize missing s
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 14 15:36:23 EST 2010 | tds
JBC Tools has a wire solder feed solder iron. You can control how much is dispensed to the tip. I have sold several of these to customers soldering wires in to terminals. The hand piece is bigger than the typical solder iron but it beats the alter
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 29 08:39:01 EDT 2005 | davef
Few solder paste suppliers recommend freezing solder paste. Check with your supplier for recommendations. Examples are: * In many cases, nothing happens. However, some pastes are susceptible to damage that impairs paste performance. As a consequenc
