Article: Japanese Inventors Develop Wave Soldering Method

Article: Eliminate Lead-free Wave Soldering
SMT;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO THE LEAD-FREE WAVE-SOLDERING PROCESS. A recent regulatory assessment ... free alloys best suited for use in the wave soldering process are higher in temperature and ... assembly, including SMT assemblies. Wave soldering has proven to be the process of choice ...

Article: Stirring the pot: lead-free solders can cause severe corrosion in ...
Assembly;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Wave soldering can easily be converted to a lead ... seriously corrode components of the wave soldering machine. This is no small concern ... could severely injure an operator. In wave soldering equipment manufactured before the ...

Article: Characterization and Optimization of a ...
Journal of the American Statistical Association;  December 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... study for improving the quality of a wave-soldering process that produced printed circuit ... article presents a case study of a wave-soldering process at Northern Telecom (NT ... by Kackar and Shoemaker (1986). Wave-soldering problems have been studied by Lin and ...

Article: Speedline Technologies Announces Lead-Free Upgrades for ...
PR Newswire;  August 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... upgrades for its line of Electrovert Wave Soldering Systems for electronics manufacturers ... Electra(R), and Vectra(R) Wave Soldering Systems. Other available upgrades ... Camalot dispensing systems; Electrovert wave soldering, reflow soldering, and cleaning equipment ...

Article: A look at preheating systems: the three main preheater types each ...
Circuits Assembly;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Preheating is a critical step in wave soldering. Its main purpose is to evaporate ... especially with multilayer boards. Wave soldering machines offer different preheating ... efficiency. To overcome this, advanced wave soldering systems offer recipe-driven fan speeds ...

Article: Converting wave soldering equipment to Pb-free: a ...
Circuits Assembly;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... there have been several questions on converting a SnPb wave soldering process to accommodate a Pb-free solder alloy. Some facilities resign themselves to acquiring a new wave soldering system for Pb-free solder alloys, but that can be costly ...

Article: Flux selection for lead-free wave soldering: a DoE ...
Circuits Assembly;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... components (Table 2) were designed to demonstrate the limits of the wave soldering process. The following sections summarize many of the process ... temperature on the 0.125"-thick OSP board for lead-free SnAgCu wave soldering. Flux s