Hi ya'll! Just brainstorming a bit...when you have two different flux processes, what do ya'll think makes most sense, have two different and separate cleaning systems, or have one system that will cover both? Precisely; we do both RMA and water soluble, and have two different cleaners here... an Electrovert MCS-1000 for our RMA boards (which is basically a fancy batch cleaner) , and a old Hollis Polyclean for our water soluble stuff. I'm thinking that if we had the type of cleaner that would cover all the different types of residues would be more cost effective than having two separate cleaners. Sure, there would be saponification used (or some other type of process to clean RMA residues that wouldn't be necessary when cleaning water soluble flux residues) but still, wouldn't that make more sense than trying to support two separate cleaners? Does anybody else do this? Do any of ya'll use one cleaner that does it all? Is it cost effective? I know it depends on the percentage of boards that are RMA vs. water soluble...I would estimate our percentages are about 50/50...with the percentages increasing towards water soluble...don't think that we'll ever consider no-clean anytime in the near future, it's just the nature of our business... As usual, thanks ya'll! -Steve Gregory- ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################