This CD ROM provides a guide to all aspects of wave soldering with all the common process defects and lead-free. Each stage of the process including fluxing, pre heat, solder wave and conveyors are explained. The defect guide also includes defects specifically on printed boards and components which can cause soldering problems.

At the first screen you can select the soldering process, equipment set-up, quality control, defect guide and CD ROM operation. Selecting the process you want to view takes you to each section, here you have access to a large manual on wave soldering including change for lead-free. As an example in the fluxing section details of foam, spray, wave and dip fluxing systems are explained along with video clips and still photographs.

Also included on the CD ROM are procedures for Parts Per Million Monitoring, process control procedures and set-up methods. A spread sheet is provided which may be used for defect monitoring using the PPM procedure. The defect guide browser provides examples of defects rather than defect categories which makes it easy to compare process problems with the disk content. Clicking on the photograph provides a full screen view with an explanation of the possible causes.

Each process stage is described in detail with suggested modification to the process for lead-free alloy introduction.