Electronics Forum | Mon May 31 15:10:14 EDT 1999 | JohnW
| | | | | | | | I have always thought it to be a good practice to wash SMA's with water soluble paste (WS609) soon after reflow. Is there a time limit as to how long a board should sit after reflow before washing said board? For instance; processi
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 10 12:23:27 EDT 2015 | utosun
The recommended wash concentration for stencil cleaning with VIGON SC200 is 25% and this should be confirmed using the ZESTRON BA-20 bath analysis kit. Additional cleaning recommendations are: Wash temperature should be approximately 25 degrees C. /
Electronics Forum | Sat Oct 06 08:32:09 EDT 2001 | davef
Mr. Wizard is not currently available. You get the wizzer. Maybe your dream date will show later. Get your own lab tests done. Show your potential customer that your boards are clean. That�s the issue. The issue is not how you go about cleaning
Electronics Forum | Tue May 04 09:45:05 EDT 2010 | dyoungquist
Only use the shop air if it is clean and dry. I know from experience that one can get water and a little oil from the compressor in the air lines. We are in a drier climate with humidity levels in the 25%-35% range on average. All we do is let the
Electronics Forum | Fri May 25 12:27:32 EDT 2007 | bschreiber
You should also check the quality of your compressed air. If the proper filters and desiccants are not in place, you could be recontaminating your washed boards with condensed water and oil residues from the compressed air used for drying. Bill Sch
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 21 08:29:05 EDT 2011 | diamondmt
I am having an recent issue occuring that after I have washed our PCBs using only high pressure DI water heated to approx 150 degrees and then being dried at 120 degrees, the once shiny metallic finish is now becoming a dull tarnished color, it does
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 25 10:22:21 EDT 2002 | matt2138
UltraSonic cleaners do a good job of cleaning both stencils and misprint PCBs. Make sure the frequency that the machine comes set to is ok to use with both stencils and misprint PCBs. If you are a CM make sure your customers are ok with using the ul
Electronics Forum | Wed Dec 09 21:45:11 EST 1998 | Dave F
Graham: I agree. Very thorny. What is clean?? And how is that controlled?? Back 25 or so years ago, soldering was done with high solids rosin fluxes. The issue with cleanliness was ionic contamination. The US military and others set a fairly a
Electronics Forum | Fri May 15 10:27:16 EDT 1998 | Justin Medernach
| | We had some failures on an IC package that the manufacturer has put down to moisture inside the package, leading to popcorning. | | This seems a bit odd, the package is a PLCC 84 which is quite thick. I have only seen this problem on thin package
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 22 22:07:53 EDT 2007 | mdm4ua
Easy fix is put a drop of washable mask on the side of part before reflow. The mask dries before the solder reflows and holds the part in place. After reflow it washes away.
