Zestron regards its main object as offering full support services to the customer from the development of a new cleaning process, the choice and process implementation and continuous process control. In Zestron’s Technical Centers, customers have the possibility to receive an overview over more than 35 cleaning machines of leading international equipment manufacturers and conduct free of charge cleaning trials. For this year’s EPP Benchmark Arena, Zestron presents the water-based MPC (Micro Phase Cleaning) cleaner Vigon SC 200. This world wide well-established cleaning agent is designed to clean SMT stencils and can also be used for stencil underside wiping in printers.
For stencil cleaning, Vigon SC 200 reliably removes solder pastes and SMT adhesives in a single process and is designed for use in spray-in-air and ultrasonic cleaning systems. It can also be used for the cleaning of misprinted solder paste. Depending on the type of fluxes, this applies as well for both double-sided and single-side soldered circuit board applications.
The cleaning agent can be used in closed-loop systems and provides very good filterability. Its high bath loading capability leads to long bath life times, which result in low process costs. It leaves no residues on substrates and the inside of the equipment and does not require explosion-proof protection, as it does not have a flashpoint. Due to its mild formulation, the medium shows excellent material compatibility with stencils.
For underside wiping in SMT printers, Vigon SC 200 shows significant advantages compared to Isopropylalcohol (IPA). The medium removes solder pastes not only much faster and more effective than IPA, but it furthermore wets the paper roll more efficiently. Thereby, when using Vigon SC 200 the dosage quantity can be reduced by up to 50 % and very good cleaning results are achieved even with a reduced number of cleaning cycles. This way the costs for cleaner and paper roll can be minimized.
Compared to IPA (flash point IPA 12 °C) Vigon SC 200 does not have a flashpoint which guarantees optimal worker safety for the application in printers. Vigon SC 200 is approved by leading international manufacturers of cleaning equipments and printers. It meets the RoHS & WEEE guidelines as well as current worker safety standards and the actual applicable environmental requirements.
SMT, booth 7-225, 7-639
EPP Europe 411
