Assessment of aqueous cleaning of PWAs with wave and reflow soldered components

Author

Castelli, G. ; Specchiulli, G.

Author_Institution

Telettra SpA Vimercate, Italy

fYear

1990

fDate

20-23 May 1990

Firstpage

236

Abstract

The authors report results obtained using production machines in a test program that started in the first quarter of 1989. Chemical and physical evaluation of different kinds of commercial water-soluble solder creams and fluxes was first performed. Three products were selected and subjected to test in order to qualify their application in the professional field for wave soldering and reflow processes, and they were compared to the standard CFC (chlorofluorocarbon) cleaning procedure. Ionic contamination and THB (temperature-humidity-bias) tests were performed on ad hoc designed PWAs (printed wiring assemblies). It was found that acceptable cleanliness is obtained with water-soluble products provided that the washing machine has suitable spray pressure, nozzle angles, and drying section. Reliability tests on components are in progress to evaluate the possible detrimental effects of residual contaminants when moisture is present. Preliminary results of this step are given

Keywords

printed circuit manufacture; surface treatment; PWAs; THB; acceptable cleanliness; aqueous cleaning; chemical evaluation; commercial water-soluble solder creams; drying section; ionic contamination; nozzle angles; physical evaluation; possible detrimental effects; printed wiring assemblies; production machines; reflow processes; reflow soldered components; residual contaminants; spray pressure; temperature-humidity-bias; test program; washing machine; water-soluble products; wave soldering; Assembly; Chemicals; Cleaning; Contamination; Performance evaluation; Production; Soldering; Testing; Washing machines; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 1990. ., 40th

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.1990.122195

Filename

122195