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MicroCare has many 'National Stock Numbers' (NSN numbers) assigned to the MicroCare cleaning products. These are used by the U.S. government and most NATO countries to specify approved products for different tasks, including PCB cleaning. You can find these NSN numbers on the product specs, on the web page for each product and on the…

Genesolv 2004, Arklone 141b and other cleaners based on the hydrochlorofluorocarbon molecule HCFC-141b has been phased-out of production and is no longer available from MicroCare and other reputable firms.  On a label or MSDS sheet you might see brand names such as “Genesolv®” or “Forane.” The cleaner’s precise chemical name is dichlorofluoroethane and it usually…

There are four ways to check for PCB cleanliness:The first is a simple visual inspection – if there are no visible flux materials and no white residues, most people just call it “clean enough.” Not very sophisticated, but it works.A less precise but faster measurement of cleanliness is ionograph testing. This also is called “ROSE”…

We often get questions about cleaning wave solder machines, the fingers on conveyors, and even the pallets used to carry the boards through the machine. One customer asked:Here's an example, “We are using wave solder pallets in our wave soldering system because there are SMT parts on the solder side. After the boards come out…

That's a simple question with a complex answer. The fact is that customers want lots of choices and a wide array of options. PCBs are changing, too — the way we made electronics in the 1970s has nothing in common with the advanced microelectronics being sold today; it makes sense that cleaning would evolve as…

MicroCare offers three great options for manual stencil printers.First, our lint-free flat wipes are made of the same paper as the roll wipes. They deliver great cleaning at very competitive prices.Even more popularly, we offer five presaturated wipes soaked with our most popular solvents. These wipes are the only products in the industry with an unlimited shelf life.These wipes…