Thoroughly cleaning SMT (surface mount technology) stencils, tools and equipment is an important way to reduce misprints and increase throughput. Techspray SMT stencil cleaners are designed for rigorous production requirements.
Techspray offers a wide variety of stencil cleaners that are effective on solder paste and adhesives. Under the Techspray Renew brand, eco-friendly water-based formulas are available for hand wipes, understencil cleaning, and batch cleaning. For low cost, effective cleaning, a full line of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is available.
The consumer demand for compact, miniaturized, and smart electronic devices is making electronics manufacturers use the smallest available packaging footprints. As a result, Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBAs) have become denser and more sophisticated than ever. The real challenge then becomes ...
Faulty or damaged electronics assemblies obtained after batch processing is a big setback for not only the electronics manufacturers who are competing in the market, but also for the process engineers. With the increasing use of Surface Mount Technology (SMT) most defects in new electronics assembli...
Webinar: PCBA Cleaning Defects – Product or Process?
Speakers:
Pierce Pillon – Senior Field Engineer, ITW Contamination Control Electronics
Kevin Pawlowski – Application Specialist, ITW Contamination Control Electronics
Eric Camden – Lead Investigator, Fo...
Isopropyl alcohol (CAS #67-63-0), also referred to as IPA, isopropanol, and 2-propanol, may be in short supply for the coming weeks or months because of the COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) pandemic. This will be particularly challenging for companies using IPA for flux removal, stencil cleaning, and in...
A variety of chemicals can be found throughout the electronic assembly and repair process, but no solvent appears more commonly than isopropyl alcohol. It is universally used for cleaning and as a main constituent of fluxes, but how much do you really know about isopropyl alcohol?
Isopropyl alcohol...
With the growing popularity of both water-based cleaning chemistries and new solvent technologies, the debate between water-based and solvent cleaners rages on. Companies that have cleaning requirements for industrial, precision, and specification-driven applications must decide which material is be...