Almost entirely jives with my memory of the electronics plant for a company
I once worked for. Insertion machines stuffed in all the components, then
they were literally floated across a solder pool to solder the whole board
in one pass, then the entire board was placed in a washer. The washer wasn't
a commercial dishwasher, though. It was a specialized piece of equipment
using Freon as the cleaning solution. I'm willing to bet that Freon isn't
the solvent of choice any more... :-/
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Scott Gomez
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From: lamadoo@xxxxxxxx [mailto:lamadoo@xxxxxxxx]
Subject: Re: Re: [OM] Dropping things, or never say never
Well, yeah. I read about a tour of an audiophile manufacturer in
Stereophile.
They had a machine that "stuffed" components into a board, then dipped the
entire board in heated solder, making all of the joints at once. After
cooling the circuit boards, they loaded them vertically into a commercial
dishwasher and ran 'em though a cycle. They said it cleaned off the excess
rosin. It wasn't the April 1 issue but it did surprise me.
Lama
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