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Sep 16, 2024
How To Clean a Vintage Circuit Board Assembly?
When I was working at a commercial nuclear plant almost without a doubt we were working on '60's and '70's vintage boards. The best cleaner I have found to use is grain alcohol, yep 200 ...
Pat Goodyear

Sep 8, 2024
Questions About Handling Solder Paste
Once you're done with your shift, all the past on the stencil should be tossed in the recycle BIN. Always have a jar or tube handy that's been sitting at room temp overnight. I know ...
David L Kearns, TinyCircuits

Aug 22, 2024
What Causes Board Delamination?
IPC-1601 has been superseded by IPC-1602. With HDI designs more attention to increased bake times must be understood, Epoxy filled or plated shut laser see moisture about 30 times and there is significant uptake of ...
Gerry Partida, Summit Interconnect

Aug 15, 2024
Sticky Residue Under Low Clearance Parts
The key words in the description of the problem are "contract manufacturer is producing POWER SUPPLIES for us with no-clean leaded solder paste, it's a large component, it's half inch square, and sits flush on ...
Richard Stadem, General Dynamics Mission Systems

Aug 7, 2024
De-Ionized Water Affected By the Atmosphere
Ultra Pure water is commonly referred to as "Hungry Water" and has aggressive reactive / corrosive properties. This is because it is unbalanced ionically, from what I understand. While I'm not an expert on Ultra ...
Rick Perkins, CHEM LOGIC