Re: english solder

Wes

I am very interested in your reply. Please could you contact me direct, as
there's a couple of points that I would value your input on.

Many thanks

Arfa


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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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