Isopropyl alcohol (CAS #67-63-0), also referred to as IPA, isopropanol, and 2-propanol, is going to be in short supply for the coming weeks or months because of the COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) pandemic. That may cause supply problems for many companies using IPA for flux removal, stencil cleaning, and industrial degreasing. Techspray offers alternatives to IPA that are as effective if not more so, and in many cases nonflammable with lower environmental impact.
Techspray offers alternatives to isopropyl alcohol for:
Electronic printed circuit board (PCB) assembly
Removal of solder paste or adhesive from SMT stencils
Maintenance cleaning of SMT reflow ovens
Flux removal from wave soldering fingers, selective soldering nozzles, pallets
Industrial degreasing
Please note these products do not have antiviral properties, so cannot be used to replace IPA for surface cleaning to kill COVID-19.
Cleans reflow ovens, wave soldering systems, and associated heat exchanger systems by removing all types of flux residues - Quickly clean flux residue from oven & wave fingers
Manual & Under Stencil Cleaner - Effectively removes all types of solder paste (e.g. waterbased, RMA, noclean, leadfree) and uncured adhesive from screens, misprinted boards and equipment. Compatible with Batch ultrasonic cleaning systems
Techspray offers alternatives to IPA that are as effective if not more so, and in many cases nonflammable with lower environmental impact.
Techspray offers IPA alternatives for:
Electronic printed circuit board (PCB) assembly
Removal of solder paste or adhesive from SMT stencils
Maintenance cl...
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