How to Restore Flood Damaged Electronics, Telecom Equipment, and Fiber Optic Connectors
Although water can cause extensive damage to electronics, it does not mean that equipment is lost and cannot be replaced. Electronics, telecommunications equipment, and fiber optic connections are able to be restored after water damage. The...
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Temporary Solder Mask Case Study: How Chemask Helped an EMS Company Realize an Extra 500k in Revenue
In this post, we’ll cover how a Washington based Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company was able to open up their production capacity for a potential additional revenue of $520,000 per year. In addition, they were able to save...
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How To Clean and How Not to Clean Fiber Optic Connectors
Why is it important to clean fiber optic connectors? The ability to transmit enormous amounts of data over long distances in a flash is a distinct advantage of fiber optic cables. Fiber installers, however, must ensure that contamination on...
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8 Essential Tips for Conformal Coating Dip Application
For those of you considering dip applications in your conformal coating process, the following are general guidelines to bear in mind There are a number of variations of dip coating methods for PCBs. The most basic is the manual (by hand) method....
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How to Choose The Right Swab for Medical Device Assembly, Electronics & More
Swabs are often thought of as just tufts of cotton fiber wrapped around a stick. And while cotton swabs have their uses, more complex solutions are needed for critical industries like medical device assembly, cleanrooms, electronic manufacturing...
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4 Toxic Chemicals Hiding in Your Company's Contact Cleaners and Degreasers
In industrial applications, toxic chemicals are commonly used in contact cleaners, electrical contact cleaners, degreasers, and ultrasonic cleaners. The chemicals are preferred over non-toxic alternatives because they are nonflammable, have...
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12 Easy Tips to Improve Your PCB Desoldering Today
By Grant Price, Product Manager, Chemtronics The reality is that no soldering operation produces perfect assemblies every time. Even the highest quality components fail from time-to-time. That’s why desoldering is so important for those...
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Using Black Polyester Cleanroom Wipes: Is It Really Clean?
The whole point of wiping a surface with a cleanroom wipe is to remove contaminants including dust, dirt, oil, greases, soot, getting the flux off and so on. But, after wiping, how clean is the surface? How can it be guaranteed? How can an operator...
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Spot Cleaning Flux Residues Using BrushClean™ System
Spot Cleaning Solder Flux Residues Using BrushClean System Chemtronics manufactures a large variety Flux-Off brand solder flux residue removers to satisfy many different requirements, for example if the cleaner needs to be nonflammable, safe...
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