Removing Flux Residues from PCBAs
Removing Flux Residues from PCBAs
WHAT IS THE CUSTOMER‘S STORY?

The customer uses KOKI soldering paste. Its flux residues are very difficult to remove from PCBAs. Furthermore, the customer truly cares about the high quality of the production, so they tear off the components from PCBAs to be sure about the perfect cleanliness even under the components. This is a technically demanding application.

WHAT WE TESTED?

We tested how to clean flux residues from PCBs after soldering process.

Type of Solder Paste:

KOKI S3X58-M500C

Example of Insufficient Cleaning Time (1 min.)
COMPLETE CLEANING SOLUTION BY DCT
411A
Decotron® 411A
Water-based cleaning fluid determined to remove flux residues from PCBAs after soldering process. Can be used to clean misprints. Ready-mix, intended for direct use. More effective cleaning under components. Intended...
388_CRD
InJet® 388 CRD 2PR
The cleaning system is developed primarily for cleaning boards after soldering or for a combination of board cleaning and for removing solder paste and SMT adhesives from stencils, PumpPrints, squeegees...
RECOMMENDED CLEANING PROCESS
Cleaning:
Decotron® 411A / 10 min / 50°C
Rinsing:
DI Water / 5 min / 25°C
Drying:
hot air / 10 min / 80°C
The cleaning process is incredibly fast thanks to our complete cleaning solution. Only 10 minutes has taken to perfectly clean solder paste KOKI S3X58-M500C from PCBs after the soldering process!
PCBAs
RECOMMENDED CLEANING AGENT
411A
Decotron® 411A
Water-based cleaning fluid determined to remove flux residues from PCBAs after soldering process. Can be used to clean misprints. Ready-mix, intended for direct use. More effective cleaning under components. Intended...
Water-based cleaning agent
Determined to clean misprints and flux residues after soldering
Provides effective cleaning under components
Ready-mix, intended for direct use

New cleaning fluid Decotron® 411A was successfully introduced to several customers, who struggled to clean flux residues of solder paste KOKI S3X58-M500C from PCBAs. The cleaning process including also our cleaning machine Injet® 888 CRD is able to clean flux residues even under the components!

RECOMMENDED CLEANING SYSTEM
388_CRD
InJet® 388 CRD 2PR
The cleaning system is developed primarily for cleaning boards after soldering or for a combination of board cleaning and for removing solder paste and SMT adhesives from stencils, PumpPrints, squeegees...
With vertical high-pressure Spray-In-Air technology
PCBAs
RESULTS OF TESTING
Success rate: 100%

Because the customer uses a competitor’s cleaning system with 1 chamber only, we needed to face issues connected with high cross-contamination in this process. We managed these issues by the development of a new customized cleaning agent for this customer.

However, we would recommend implementing the cleaning system InJet® 388 TWIN CRRD in the future, which offers the minimum cross-contamination thanks to its unique 3-chamber layout.