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How to clean soldering tip?
Solder stations normally come with a sponge and/or brass “brillo” pad. The purpose is to remove excess flux and solder from the tip. If too much flux builds up and burns onto the soldering next...
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What is a flux?
What is flux? Think of flux and a prepping agent for the soldering process. When joining two metal surfaces together with solder, there needs to be a good metallurgic bond, so the solder joint doesn’t next...
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The best way to select soldering tip for PCB repair
The goal is to match the tip shape and size to the contact pad. That allows you to maximize the contact surface area, so you heat the lead and contact area as quickly as possible. If you choose a tip that next...
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5 Best Practices for Cleaning High Reliability PCBs
Aerosol cleaning introduces a continuous supply of clean, unused solvent throughout the entire bench cleaning process of printed circuit boards (PCBs). Aerosol cleaning prevents the introduction of new next...
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Flood Recovery of Electronic and Electrical Equipment
When a catastrophic flood occurs, millions of dollars of equipment is drenched and covered and filled with all kinds of dirt and muck. Some may be replaced with insurance covering the tab, but much of next...
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Choosing The Best Cleaning Process for Your Needs
This is a multi-part series covering the best practices of establishing a new cleaning process. These are written by Pierce Pillon, Techspray’s Field Engineer. Contact us if you want Pierce’s next...
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Conformal Coating: Cure Methods
While the cure mechanism isn’t a primary criterion when selecting a coating, it has a direct impact on the type of application method that will be feasible, and the production throughput that can next...
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How to apply the conformal coating?
That decision should be based on the following variables: Production throughput requirements: The prep work needed, the speed of the coating process, and how quickly the boards can to be handled after next...
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Conformal coating types
Conformal coating is a specialty polymeric film forming product that protects circuit boards, components, and other electronic devices from adverse environmental conditions. These coatings ‘conform’ next...
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How to Identify Ionic Contamination Sources in PCB Assembly
What causes PCB failure? Whether it's a catastrophic failure or a latent field failure, nothing is more frustrating and expensive than when a circuit board stops functioning. The design was prototyped next...
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