Hey Richard!

Tried curing them last Friday like you said, but no joy. Still
blistering up after wave and/or washing off in our inline DI cleaner.
Here are a couple photos that I didn't post last week:

http://stevezeva.homestead.com/BubblyLabel.jpg
http://stevezeva.homestead.com/BubblyLabelClose.jpg

The labels are polyimide with a white topcoat for thermal transfer
printing. They are supposed to be good to 1000 F., but you can see the
blistering in the close-up photo. You can also see the adhesive
bubbling-up beneath the kapton in the blister at the top of the number
2. When the boards go through the DI wash, the labels either fall off,
or are just about to. The adhesive has turned to mush beneath the label.

I still think it's the alcohol attacking the acrylic adhesive. We sent
an email to the label manufacturer who said they would forward
everything to their process engineering group...still waiting to hear
back from them.

Anybody else had this problem?

Steve Gregory

-----Original Message-----
From: Stadem, Richard D. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 2:07 PM
To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; Steve Gregory
Subject: RE: [TN] Labels that withstand Wavesolder with alcohol based
flux

Whatever label you use, consider curing them at 90 deg. C for 1 hour.
That helps even common paper labels to be able to withstand wash
processes, etc, a little better.

-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 3:04 PM
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Subject: [TN] Labels that withstand Wavesolder with alcohol based flux

Hi All,

I know I have had PCB label issues not standing-up to alcohol based flux
and wave solder in the past and have found some that worked...but
because I'm so absent minded,  I forgot which ones they were.
The labels that we are using now are thermal transfer ink printed, they
SAY that they can withstand wave soldering processes, but the adhesive
is acrylic and the alcohol in the flux attacks the adhesive, and the
labels wash off in our DI cleaner.

Anyone got a good recommendation for label stock?

Steve 

 


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