Circuit Board Cleaner
Effective, thorough cleaning of circuit boards and components during initial assembly and in rework/repair operations is critical to ensure long-term device reliability. Residues such as Oils and fluxes can hamper connectivity, obstruct adhesion of coatings, tapes and adhesives and ultimately lead to a potential costly failure of the device.
3M™ Novec™ Engineered Fluid are effective at cleaning a wide range of circuit board contaminants, ranging from fingerprints and particulates to heavy solder flux, and offer excellent compatibility with most metals, plastics and elastomers commonly used electronics manufacturing.
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Circuit Board Cleaner - Your Key Considerations
Is Your Circuit Board Cleaner At Risk of Phase Out?
Fast paced regulatory and legislative changes surrounding the use of circuit board cleaners make selecting the right one confusing. Common Circuit board cleaners such as Trichloroethylene, Methylene chloride and n-Propylbromide (nPb) are being targeted with phase out. 3M™ Novec™ Engineered Fluids balance proven performance with an outstanding environmental and safety profile and are ideal replacement candidates.
Is Your Circuit Board Cleaner Cost Effective?
Novec ultrasonic cleaning fluid can offer cost savings in a number of areas, including lower energy costs, fewer regulatory recordkeeping requirements and because they typically do not require costly abatement systems. Smaller, simpler solvent equipment is also a benefit when compared to cleaning systems, meaning a lower overall capital equipment cost. The greatest cost savings are the result of reduced emissive and drag-out losses.
Is Your Circuit Board Cleaner Safe?
The Solvent Emissions Directive class some circuit board cleaner fluids as CMR's (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Reproductive Toxin) whilst other fluids carry a number of carcinogenic risks as well as being classed as and can also be highly flammable. Novec Cleaning fluids are not classed as CMR's, carry no risk phrases and are non flammable.
Want to Learn More About Ultrasonic Cleaners?
How do I comply with ultrasonic cleaning legislation & regulation?
Why should I use Novec to replace my current circuit board cleaner?
Are you confused by the legislation & restrictions surrounding Trichloroethylene or Methylene Chloride or HFC Solvents used in your ultrasonic cleaning? Are you concerned by the quantity of nPB you are consuming? Or are the huge volumes of water being consumed in your aqueous cleaning becoming a hidden cost? Take a look at our comparison overview.
What equipment do I require?
Are you conducting ultrasonic cleaning for the first time? Want to understand how legislation around Trichloroethylene impacts on your equipment? Are you replacing your existing solvent with Novec but don't know if it can be used with your equipment? Let us help to guide you through.
Tell me about the circuit board cleaning process.
Want to know more about the ultrasonic cleaning process? Let our video demonstrations guide you through a start to finish process and see the advantages of vapour degreasing cleaning systems over aqueous cleaning.
How can I improve health & safety when cleaning with solvent?
Traditional ultrasonic cleaning solvents such as Trichloroethylene and nPB carry a number of carcinogenic risk phrases and some are also classed as CMRs (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Reproductive Toxin). Let us help you understand the risks, their impacts and ways to overcome them.
