Hello fellow TechNetters,

Well, we were asked a question by the design engineering manager yesterday
if we had considered a fluxless soldering process. We are aware of a process
called Solid Solder Deposit (SSD), but not a fluxless process by name.

After the manager read us the email he got from one of the marketing types,
I tend to believe that he was referring to no-clean process because of a
reference in his note about cleaning boards at a previous manufacturer (TI).
My guess (oh how I hate to guess/assume) is that this marketing type has
just mixed up a couple of buzz-words together,.....kinda like 'military
intelligence'. I mean look at it, 'no-clean flux', I can see how a sales
person would want to shorten that to 'no-flux'. Now as usual, it is up to us
manufacturing people to invent the process that has been sold to the
customer!!

And as a side note: Steve -

Your comments on machine maintenance are RIGHT ON!! You couldn't be more
correct. Sometimes I cringe at the way some machines are treated, and the
surprise that goes on when it does drop out!

Thanks all.

Richard Hamilton
Clemar Mfg. / Rain Bird
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