Nope, also Heraeus. BR Ivan >FYI only, AIM utilizes green spools exclusively for lead-free solders. > > >Best regards, >David > > >-----Original Message----- >From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Nutting >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:32 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [TN] RoHS wire solder > >Genny, > >Wouldn't it be nice if all solder manufacturers could agree on a spool color or >maybe the IPC could set a standard. > >Phil > >-----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >Genny Gibbard >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:20 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [TN] RoHS wire solder > >The green spool seems like an advantage when wanting to associate it with >leadfree solder wire. However, if you ever buy Alpha brand SnPb >solder, you'll notice that the Alpha uses a green spool for that as >well. The green does not mean leadfree for Alpha. >This just caused a contamination issue on about 20 leadfree boards for >us. A CM hand-soldered connectors with SnPb solder, because the >assembler thought it was leadfree due to the green spool. > >-----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >Phil Nutting >Sent: October 10, 2007 5:55 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [TN] RoHS wire solder > >The different color reel is a huge advantage. I don't understand why other >vendors can't see this advantage. It would be great if there were >different colors for OA, RA, RMA, no-clean, tin/lead and lead-free. Now >that would make it much easier to tell the differences when you have six >different rolls of solder on your bench. Now if I could just figure out >how to make a profit from that idea. Then I'd be able to buy a large >cup of coffee. > >-----Original Message----- >From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of N Burtt >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:33 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [TN] RoHS wire solder > >We tried many no-clean rosin-free core and lead-free alloy (SAC305 or 387) >wires, no serious preference for any among the operators in terms of >performance (but unanimous that they were harder to use than leaded >wires), but they liked the Alpha product best because it was on a green >plastic reel and thus easily distinguished from any Sn63Pb37 wire reels >still in use for repairs of older product. This was as good a reason as >any so we went with Alpha FT2002 SAC305. 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