I am a CM in high mix low volume environment. I use Kester's 2331-ZX Water soluble flux. It has a high activity and is ideal for foam fluxer. Downturn is that it does foam up in DI in-line cleaner as well. At 09:16 AM 7/21/99 -0400, you wrote: >At a previous employer (contract - high mix, low volume), we used Kester's >1189A, an organic water soluble flux, which was very successful. It is >aggressive - someone used to say we could solder components to wood with it >- but you do like to have this with contracting work, where the boards and >components are not always straight from the vendor/manufacturer. > >Regards, > >LAINIE J. LOVELESS >Corp. Industrial Engineering > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Harris [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:53 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: [TN] Fluxes >> >> All, >> >> What fluxes are you all using in your wave soldering machines? Are you >> happy with the results? Would they suit a low volume, high mix contract >> manufacturing environment? >> >> >> Thanks, your comments are welcome >> >> John Harris >> Process Engineer >> >> AEMS Pty Ltd >> www.aemspl.com.au >> >> ############################################################## >> 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 >> ############################################################## > >############################################################## >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 >############################################################## > > ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################