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  • Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport (map)
  • 1739 West Nursery Road
  • Linthicum Heights, MD, 21090
  • United States

Why Are We Cleaning No-Clean? Practical Answers to an Oxymoron

Aqueous Technologies’ Founder and CEO will review this topical subject at the IPC High Reliability Forum taking place October 17-19 at the Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport in Baltimore, MD.

It seems like an oxymoron, cleaning no-clean flux. Really? Really... While cleaning no-clean flux may seem redundant, counter-intuitive, and even illogical, there are many reasons so many assemblers are now cleaning no-clean. When no-clean flux was first introduced in the late 1980's, so many things were different. The residue tolerance of circuit assemblies is substantially less today than it was when the concept of using a no-clean flux was first introduced.

This presentation will review the reasons assemblers are now cleaning their assemblies, especially those reflowed with no-clean flux. Contamination-related failure mechanisms will be reviewed and residue tolerance assessment considerations will be discussed.Is residue removal right for your assemblies? Maybe, maybe not. Join us for an informative discussion on the subject of cleaning no-clean.