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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…

There are many different types of contamination which need to be removed simultaneously. First, we have to get dry contamination out from hard-to-reach areas, like dust and lint from deep inside your keyboard. Secondly, we have to remove oily fingerprints, tape residues and grime from the housings and cabinetry. As you might expect, there are…

The best cleaner for toner is (or perhaps we should say, “was”) the old-style solvent called 1,1,1-trichloroethane, also known as TCA. It just lifted toner away marvelously. But, since 1,1,1 is an ozone-depleting solvent, you’re not going to find much of it around any more.As a replacement, try Stencil, Squeegee and Misprint Cleaner – ScreenClean™ (#MCC-CDI). It…