In addition to Mike's additions to Carrie's great list, you need to consider the effects of outgas products on nearby metals. Some of the latex material outgas ammonia, acetic acid, or alchols. These can and do get into other components and can tarnish metals, especially if working with silver. Doug Pauls Rockwell Collins "Barmuta, Mike" <Mike.Barmuta@FLU To: [log in to unmask] KE.COM> cc: Sent by: TechNet Subject: Re: [TN] evaluation of peelable solder mask for wave solder <TechNet@listserv .ipc.org> 06/12/2003 03:39 PM Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum."; Please respond to "Barmuta, Mike" In addition to the great list Carrie provided, you may want to consider the following: * Ease of removal for various features and configurations of application * Resistance to breakdown in the flux and solderwave * Ionic characteristics of the mask * Compatibility with board and final finish materials * Applied shelf life * dispensable Vs screenable If you are post wavesolder washing the boards have you considered a soluble mask instead of peelable which can be difficult and time consuming to remove? Regards Michael Barmuta Staff Engineer Fluke Corp. Everett WA 425-446-6076 -----Original Message----- From: Tenison Stone [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] evaluation of peelable solder mask for wave solder Hi everyone, I am working on a plan to evaluate peelable solder masks for wave soldering. We currently use a latex that takes overnight to dry. I have several samples from different vendors to use in an experiment. What parameters should be included in the experiment to ensure I make the best decision for my process? Thank you for your help. Tenison Stone Manufacturing Engineer Telex Communications 1930 West First Street Blue Earth, MN 56013 507-526-3205 x2164 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- 507-526-3059 (fax) --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------