Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 15 14:06:24 EDT 2005 | saragorcos
Shean made some good points and offered some good starting resources. Adding to what he said, I would also mention that many times, even a no-clean flux can cause contamination that requires cleaning. Our lab has dealt with numerous cases of client
Electronics Forum | Sun Aug 08 04:36:02 EDT 1999 | Brian
Dave Frankly, I think you may be barking up the wrong tree. Like DaveF, I suggest that the process would be horrendously expensive with masking and so on. The $64,000 question is whether what you propose will serve any useful purpose. I venture to
Electronics Forum | Tue Apr 13 17:48:54 EDT 2004 | davef
Q1: Can anyone explain to me about the effect of their mixture. A1: What is their �mixture�? Q2: What enhancement does my BGA will have when using a WS paste flux with regards to corrosion, 25 years life cycle of the solder joint. A2: Tough to say
Electronics Forum | Thu Mar 18 18:40:15 EST 1999 | Marc Ruggiero
| | | Hi folks, | | | | | | I am looking for inputs on a long-standing problem encountered in our shop: Bottom-side parts (passives) falling off in the Wave...where the only remnants of the part is a flattened glue dot of proper diameter and volum
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 Apr 20 20:11:58 EDT 2004 | davef
First, how oxidized are these solder balls? Will the take solder using your routine flux / paste? Second, on restoring solderability, the three basic methods you can use to restore solderability on components are: * Highly active fluxes in a retinn
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 21 21:27:11 EDT 2004 | davef
Dreamy "Ball rolling"? Are you a bowler? My nephew does the audio for the ESPN2 production of the professional bowling tour. Search the fine SMTnet Archives for discussion on assessing cleaning machines. For instance: http://www.smtnet.com/forum
Electronics Forum | Fri May 25 00:31:07 EDT 2007 | Mike Konrad
Never use a water softener for defluxing. They add sodium to the water which is bad for boards. The white residue may be flux. If that's the case, either the dishwasher is not powerful enough or the wash water is not hot enough. Another possibili
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 31 21:08:34 EST 2004 | Ed
Hey guys. I've been manually dunking circuit boards for 8 years now. I too have the excess residue issue to contend with. I'm using a low solids - no clean flux from Kester (959). I have used solvents, thinners, windex and a multititude of cleane
Electronics Forum | Sun Mar 28 22:17:36 EST 2004 | Grant Petty
Hi, I would also be interested in this thread, but our problem has a different twist to it. We have good results from our reflow with Koki no clean paste, however when we pass the boards through the wave solder machine, the flux in that leaves a fog
