And if you are looking for perhaps a smaller footprint, the newer
Electrovert AS100 seems to be pretty good too.


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Richard Kraszewski <
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> Mike - Plexus has deployed  Aquastorm  AS200's  globally with very good
> success.  While batch washes are good for small runs, you will get the
> best  repeatability  with in-line washes.  There each assembly gets the
> same  cleaning regimen regardless of location on the conveyor  and  over
> loading a batch is not an issue.   We use them for both  water soluble and
> Chemical added wash processes.
>
> Rich  Kraszewski /Plexus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Fenner
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] PCBA Cleaning
>
> If you are using a water soluble/washable paste (and will continue to do
> so) then you have to use an aqueous process, not solvent based vapour
> degreaser
>
>   ---
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Mike Fenner
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christopher Brand
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 5:47 PM
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> Subject: [TN] PCBA Cleaning
>
> Greetings All,
>
> We are looking into increasing our board cleaning capacity here.  We
> currently have a single Aqueous Batch cleaner and are looking at getting
> another cleaner for production.   The cleaner we have is coming up on 10
> years old and we're looking at getting either another batch cleaner,
> inline spray or vapor degreaser type cleaner.
>
> We're looking to get something that can clean underneath low standoff
> components...chips, QFNs and the like.  Most of our designs have HV (1KV
> - 2.5KV) and some have very low currents where leakage can be a real
> problem.  We are using a water soluble paste and need to be sure that we
> clean completely underneath these parts.
>
> I would really appreciate it if anyone on this list share would their
> experiences with the different types of board cleaners they've used.  I
> don't have any experience with anything other than the aqueous batch
> cleaner we have and I'm looking for any experience with the other types of
> cleaners or the newer batch type cleaners.
>
> Also, I've just found out about this forum.  Is there an offline archive
> available?  I've got questions that might have been answered in the past
> and would like to do some searching.  Is there an offline mbox format
> available?  I've searched thru the online archive, but it's somewhat
> difficult to search thru as I have a relativity slow internet connection.
>
> Thank you kindly,
> Chris
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