Re: english solder

"Arfa Daily" <arfa.daily@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> "James Sweet" <jamessweet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> If you're really looking for some of this in the 60 /40 Pb.Sn
>>> variety, snap it up soon when you find some. All of the solder is
>>> going lead-free in the EU, and it will be illegal to use it
>>> commercially after June 2006, so I suspect that there will be lots
>>> going cheap over the next couple of months whilst dealers try to
>>> offload their remaining stocks. Equally though, there will be many
>>> of us lead-free haters, who will be trying to buy it all up, to
>>> leave us with a lifetime's supply ...
>>>
>>
>> Count me in, I despise lead-free solder, it just doesn't work worth a
>> crap compared to the standard stuff. Joints tend to be cloudy and
>> blobby and it's hard to make it flow well. Guess I better stock up.
>

< snip neat rant :^} >

> Perhaps we should start ' CALFS ' - C ampaign A gainst L ead F ree S
> older
>
> I would be interested in hearing other peoples experiences and
> thoughts on this subject, anywhere in the world, and particularly
> anyone directly involved at production or bulk maintenance levels.
> Feel free to mail me direct if you would prefer not to be ' public '
> on the group.
>
> Arfa

Our factory is moving to be RoHS compliant by the EU deadline of April.
>From my reading of the directive you can still use lead solder and non-
RoHS parts for maintaining equipment sold before 1 April 2006 but not for
equipment after that date, even if same model.

I'm looking at using AIM's CASTIN as our Pb free solder, looks to have
the best properties for use in current type of soldering equipment we
use. I'm recommending keeping separate facilities for Pb and Pb free work
/ rework to prevent cross contamination.

Wes.
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