At what temperature are the boards exiting? Your profiler should tell you. If they are exiting at hotter than about 90C then I would bet that you are either running the conveyor too fast or you (this I doubt based on the times above reflow) or your cooling module is not functioning properly. You mention that the boards are flexing, even if the boards are cooled adequately prior to leaving the oven the board could get warped during it's exposure to heat and remain in that warped state after cooling. For a board 12 inches wide you might consider using some sort of a center support rail to prevent the sagging. Sincerely, Brian Stumm A Reflow Manufacturer >Hi techies, >We just purchased a new oven (Heller 1900w) it is 12 zones. We are not >using the first two zones only using 10. The machine set up is >80,100,110,120,140,150,170,175,230,265 and conveyor at 65. The profile >looks good, peak temp at 220, max rise at 2/sec total time above is >between 50 and 60 sec. My problem is when the board exit the oven they >are very hot! I mean these things are flexing, is this normal for a 12 >zone reflow oven or are we doing something wrong? > >Any help would be appreciate >Thanks >Angie >Quadrus >Sr Process Engineer >[log in to unmask] > >################################################################ >TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. >For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 >################################################################ > > > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################