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The vacuum feature on your stencil printing machine improves the quality of the printing process because it sucks excess solder paste out of the apertures. This means fewer misprinted boards, fewer rejects, fewer change-outs and less downtime, all of which result in more boards per hour. However, if the cleaning paper is not sufficiently porous…
The short answer is, YES, the quality of the understencil wiping roll make a BIG difference. It is a challenge to produce today's demanding electronics on high speed, automatic production lines. Sometimes the smallest detail will derail the production process and devastate your productivity. One of the most common show-stoppers we have seen is improper…
MicroWipe™ FP stencil rolls from MicroCare will reduce your stencil printing costs, improve yield and speed throughput. Here’s how:The standard stencil printing procedure involves wetting the stencil roll with solvent before the cleaning cycle. But the solvent contaminates the solder paste, which reduces yields. Stronger and more absorbent papers can clean stencils without using solvents.…
It is critical to clean both ends of the connector pair to get optimal network performance. Contamination that is not removed will cause unnecessary signal loss (and that's the best case scenario) and can even cause permanent damage the surface of both connector end faces (pretty much worst case). The industry standards — IEC 61300-3-35,…
We often get this question. “What happens, if there are dust particles on one of the connector end faces during the connector mating process? Can I save some time and just clean one side?”The short answer is, NO, you’re not going to save any time because the odds are you’ll be back next week to…
Optical fiber is a precisely engineered optical medium with very exactly engineered refractive indices. Obviously, opaque contamination will simply block the light signal and must be removed. But many techs don't realize that translucent residues — like oils or fingerprints or even droplets of IPA alcohol — degrade the signal as well.In fact, translucent residues…