How To Clean Flexi Soldering Frames
How To Clean Flexi Soldering Frames
WHAT IS THE CUSTOMER‘S STORY?

Our customer struggled to find a company, which would be able to find a solution to remove unknown contaminants from their Flexi soldering frames.

The production with the usage of Flexi soldering frames is very unique and technically challenging. The customer struggled to remove plastic contaminants, which were heavily baked to the frames. As we know, we are the only company, which is able to provide a complete cleaning solution for such a
specific request.

WHAT WE TESTED?

First, we tested the cleaning ability of our cleaning agent Decotron® ACW 117 at the customer, using their current Sonix® type of cleaning machine to remove unknown contaminants from the Flexi soldering frames.

The first testing was satisfying as the residues were completely removed from the frames. However, the cleaning process took a longer time. Because of that, we decided to perform another test in our laboratory.

For the second test, we obtained four Flexi metal sheets, which our R&D team tested in a DEMO center. We improved and customized Decotron® ACW 117 according to the customer’s need and we chose AirJet® with air-bubbling technology.

Flexi Sheets
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COMPLETE CLEANING SOLUTION BY DCT

Please note that the excellent results are achieved due to a combination of Decotron® ACW 117 and air-bubbling technology / AirJet type of cleaning systems.

AirJet_486_CRD
AirJet® 486 CRD
The AirJet® 486 CRD is designed for the maintenance cleaning of reflow ovens and waves soldering machines parts. All processes are automated and take place in 3 separate process chambers,...
Decotron ACW117
DECOTRON® ACW 117
Water-based cleaning fluid determined to remove dust particles and grease from aluminium parts and polymer residues from flexible soldering frames. May be used as rinsing agent after Proton® 703. Ready-mix,...
RECOMMENDED CLEANING PROCESS
Cleaning machine:
AirJet® 486 CRD
Technology:
Air-bubbling
Cleaning:
Decotron® ACW 117 / 45°C immersion overnight followed by 3–6 hours of bubbling and manual removal with a brush
Rinsing:
DI Water / 10 min / 45°C
Drying:
hot air / 10 min / 80°C
Increased temperature is important for the achievement of brilliant cleaning results.
Flexi Sheets in detail
RECOMMENDED CLEANING AGENT
Decotron ACW117
DECOTRON® ACW 117
Water-based cleaning fluid determined to remove dust particles and grease from aluminium parts and polymer residues from flexible soldering frames. May be used as rinsing agent after Proton® 703. Ready-mix,...
Water-based cleaning agent
Thanks to a special composition it eliminates surface oxidation of most types of aluminium alloys
Designed for cleaning of soldering frames used for flexible PCBs manufacturing
No flash point, can be heated to increase the cleaning efficiency
RECOMMENDED CLEANING SYSTEM
AirJet_486_CRD
AirJet® 486 CRD
The AirJet® 486 CRD is designed for the maintenance cleaning of reflow ovens and waves soldering machines parts. All processes are automated and take place in 3 separate process chambers,...
The customer tried to analyze the type of contaminants, however, they have found only superficial information that the contaminants are plastics. So the intensive testing in our laboratory was essential to find a functional solution.
It can be stated that the airbubbling technology of our AirJet® 486 CRD with the usage of Decotron® ACW 117 is a key for such perfect cleaning results of Flexi soldering frames.

Other recommended
cleaning systems

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TEST RESULTS
Success rate: 100%

The customer was extremely pleased we found a functional solution for cleaning of Flexi soldering frames from unknown plastic residues. As a result, they bought our complete cleaning solution. Due to our second laboratory testing, we were able to shorten the cleaning time from 20 to 12 hours. Moreover, we suppose with regular maintenance, the cleaning process will take even less time, and probably manual cleaning will not be necessary.