Climatic Controlled Facilities

I have difficulty to convince my management to air-condition our manufacturing facilities. The room temperature fluxuates from 8 deg.C in the morning to 25 deg. C in the afternoon. The PCB topside temperatures in the reflow oven and wave soldering machine is all over the place. It is impossible for me to accurately controll the solder process. Can anybody recommend some white papers or writ-ups concerning this matter.

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| I have difficulty to convince my management to air-condition our manufacturing facilities. The room temperature fluxuates from 8 deg.C in the morning to 25 deg. C in the afternoon. The PCB topside temperatures in the reflow oven and wave soldering machine is all over the place. It is impossible for me to accurately controll the solder process. Can anybody recommend some white papers or writ-ups concerning this matter. | Raeto: Ohhh tweekin' the profile all day long. Tough to define, establish, and follow quality standards isn't it? Check J-STD-001. Dave F

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| | I have difficulty to convince my management to air-condition our manufacturing facilities. The room temperature fluxuates from 8 deg.C in the morning to 25 deg. C in the afternoon. The PCB topside temperatures in the reflow oven and wave soldering machine is all over the place. It is impossible for me to accurately controll the solder process. Can anybody recommend some white papers or writ-ups concerning this matter. | | | Raeto: Ohhh tweekin' the profile all day long. Tough to define, establish, and follow quality standards isn't it? Check J-STD-001. Dave F | Thank you for the tip.

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| | | I have difficulty to convince my management to air-condition our manufacturing facilities. The room temperature fluxuates from 8 deg.C in the morning to 25 deg. C in the afternoon. The PCB topside temperatures in the reflow oven and wave soldering machine is all over the place. It is impossible for me to accurately controll the solder process. Can anybody recommend some white papers or writ-ups concerning this matter. | | | | | Raeto: Ohhh tweekin' the profile all day long. Tough to define, establish, and follow quality standards isn't it? Check J-STD-001. Dave F | | | Thank you for the tip. | | Also check the manufacturer's specifications. Excessive temperatures or humidity can affect the paste, as can minimal temperatures or humnidity. There are any number of documents that describe this, in SMT magazine, Quality Progress, etc, as well as JSTD and the old MIL specs.

Brian

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| | | | I have difficulty to convince my management to air-condition our manufacturing facilities. The room temperature fluxuates from 8 deg.C in the morning to 25 deg. C in the afternoon. The PCB topside temperatures in the reflow oven and wave soldering machine is all over the place. It is impossible for me to accurately controll the solder process. Can anybody recommend some white papers or writ-ups concerning this matter. | | | | | | | Raeto: Ohhh tweekin' the profile all day long. Tough to define, establish, and follow quality standards isn't it? Check J-STD-001. Dave F | | | | | Thank you for the tip. | | | | | Also check the manufacturer's specifications. Excessive temperatures or humidity can affect the paste, as can minimal temperatures or humnidity. There are any number of documents that describe this, in SMT magazine, Quality Progress, etc, as well as JSTD and the old MIL specs. | | Brian | | Raeto: It seems to me that our long-term friend Bob Willis (http://www.bobwillis.co.uk/) has a paper on this at his site. Give a look see. TTYL Dave F

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