Fluxers Part III B - Spray Fluxer Venting: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #7
No matter how accurate the spray fluxer is there will at least be some flux that is not deposited on the board that needs to be removed from the syste...
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Fluxers Part III A - The Total Loss System and Spray Fluxing: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #6
The total loss system is a method of applying spray flux that utilizes the minimal amount of material to properly create a satisfactory solder joint. ...
Fluxers Part III - Spray: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #5
Spray Fluxing is the most common way to flux a printed circuit board today. When spray fluxers were first developed they were clumsy, inefficient......
Fluxers Part II - Wave: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #4
When the wave soldering machine was developed, the early flux application method was the same as the solder application method – a wave. While t...
Fluxers Part I - Foam: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #3
A wave solder machine’s foam fluxer is a device in which compressed air is fed through a porous tube (commonly referred......
Fluxers - An Introduction: Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis) Post #2
Flux is an essential component in the creation of a solder joint. For the sake of this post, I will be referencing flux as it is used in wave sol...
Wave Soldering (A Segmented Synopsis): Post #1
There are many types of wave solder machines, each with their own quirks, characteristics, and personalities. The good news is, each has the same core...
A Look Inside SMTA Certification with Tim Hults
Indium Corporation’s newest Global Accounts technical service engineer, Tim Hults, recently earned his SMTA Process Certification. Indium Corpor...
To the Windy City and Back Again
This is an account of my trip to Indium’s Chicago facility. If you didn’t get a chance to read my previous post, the link is right he...
"It's 106 miles to Chicago..."
This title is appropriate because I am going to one of Indium Corporation’s solder manufacturing facilities, in Chicago, and because it is the s...
SMTA International 2014 in Retrospect
The plane landed, I got my bags, and I drove home. What a great show. The SMTA International show took place September 28 to October 2 this year in Ro...