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MicroCare offers a number of excellent hydrocarbon-based choices for cleaning stencils and wetting stencil roll wipes in automated stencil printers from DEK, MPM, Speedline, Ekra, Panasonic and other companies. These cleaners need to be slow-drying and have a high degree of plastic compatibility, and most of them are hydrocarbon-based. The most popular choices include:The Uncured…
For the general precision defluxing of hybrid circuits, nothing can beat the Lead-Free Flux Remover - PowerClean™ (#MCC-PW2). This is a powerful cleaner, functionally equivalent to the old Freon® TMC or Genesolv® 2004. PowerClean™ dries fast, offers powerful cleaning on most fluxes, it's nonflammable, it has a very low aroma, and is easy to use…
This is one area in which MicroCare really shines. MicroCare has made it easier for our European customers with products that are GHS, ROHS, WEEE, REACh, and F-Gas compliant.As you will see when you check out our SDS sheets, many of the MicroCare products — and all of our best-selling products — have been packaged to meet…
General, materials compatibility is not an issue with the MicroCare cleaners, but make no mistake — materials compatibility can be a complex question. In general, the higher the Kb value of the solvent, the more likely the material will have some compatibility issues.For example, Vertrel™ XF has almost no compatibility problems with any substrate. It has a very mild…
MicroCare recommends nonflammable solvents, or cleaning fluids, to minimize costs and maximize worker safety. In general, most of the the MicroCare, Tergo and Chemours Vertrel and Opteon products all are nonflammable. The full line of precision cleaning choices can be reviewed on this web site.In terms of the hardware, most vapor degreasing systems are engineered for the use of…
Do not add IPA alcohol to Duraglide to “top off” the tank of bath. If add IPA to the formula it will not be “in-spec.” There is no IPA in the carrier fluid formulation, so adding IPA to the Duraglide will by definition put it out of sec. It also would impact the quality of the…