MicroCare newsletter, Advances in critical cleaning

Aqueous Stencil Cleaner
(MCC-BGA)

Unlike weaker cleaners, this cleaning fluid limits over-scrubbing. So, it minimizes the risk of damage to expensive stencils. Made for room temperature cleaning, the refillable Stencil Cleaner needs no heat to be effective. In short, this product enhances productivity, boost yields and lowers production costs.

Applications

  • Removes all types of raw solder pastes, uncured chip bonder and inks
  • Ideal for stencils, frames, boards and the stencil printer itself
  • Cleans down inside the tiny apertures on BGA stencils
  • Suitable for use in ultrasonic cleaning tanks

Features

  • Blends safe water-based fluid with aggressive proprietary long-chain alcohols
  • Safe for stencils, webbing, frames, and misprinted boards
  • Safe on all metals, synthetics, plastics and elastomers
  • ESD safe
  • Fast and thorough cleaning reduces defects and increases throughput
  • Slow-drying so you use less
  • Nonflammable for added safety
  • Low odor for a better work environment
  • VOC Content: 209 (g/L)
  • RoHS/WEEE/REACH/EPA SNAP compliant
  • Available in Pump Spray (340 mL), Cube Container (3.79L or 18.39L)

Reflow Oven Cleaner
(MCC-ROC)

Because this reflow oven cleaner is nonflammable you can clean the oven while it is still warm, saving time and enhancing the cleaning because warm solvents clean better than cold ones. This product is so much stronger than IPA alcohol that it slashes oven cleaning times 50% or more while improving cleaning results.

Applications

  • Ideal for preventative maintenance
  • Melts away burned-on flux residues from reflow ovens
  • Cleans solder pallets, baffles, heating elements, clamps, chains, wave fingers and heat exchange units
  • Use in dip tanks and ultrasonic cleaners or with hand wiping
  • Use on warm ovens (40° C)

Features

  • Speeds cleaning of ovens even when warm, activated by the residual heat of the oven
  • Four times faster than IPA (isopropyl alcohol)
  • Cleans all solder paste and flux residues, including RMA, no-clean and lead-free products
  • Nonflammable for safety
  • Non-foaming, leaves no residue
  • Chemical Family: Water-based
  • Low aroma
  • Made with water, alkaloids and proprietary long-chain alcohols
  • VOC content: 50 (g/L)
  • Low GWP
  • RoHS/WEEE/REACH/EPA SNAP compliant
  • Available in Pump Spray (340 mL), Cube Container (3.79L or 18.39L)

TidyPen™ 2 Glue Remover
The 60-Second Sticky Stuff Remover
(MCC-PO1, MCC-PEN)

Applications:

  • Dissolves and lifts away labels, glues and adhesives of all kinds
  • Great on almost any sticky residue
  • Zips away adhesives, tape residue and pressure sensitive marking tags
  • Works on paper labels, stickers, EPROM labels, Kapton® tape residue, bar code labels, chewing gum, tar and price tags
  • Removes corrosion from the gold fingers of PCBs 

Features:

  • The TidyPen™ 2 Glue Remover is a huge time-saver
  • Each pen dispenses a precise quantity of a powerful, natural cleaner
  • Dries without residue or ghosting
  • No messy applications or spills
  • It penetrates quickly, dissolving and removing adhesives and glues of all kinds
  • ESD-safe aluminum barrel, suitable for use around electronics
  • Unbreakable and spill-proof
  • Easily recycled
  • Natural, non-toxic biodegradable citrus-based cleaning fluid
  • Orange citrus scent
  • Slow-drying, for maximum cleaning

Optixx™ Lens Cleaner and Instrument Cleaner Kit
(MCC-OTXCK)

Applications:

  • Video, security and photography equipment
  • Cleans high-performance optical systems, such as microscopes, lenses, flat-screen displays, diffraction gratings, mirrors, prisms, solar cells, laser hardware and scientific instruments
  • Ideal for use on glass and plastic AR coated lenses, collimation lenses and expanded beam connector systems

Features:

  • Removes dust, fingerprint oils, lint, dust, soot and industrial grime
  • Eliminates static cling that binds dust to surfaces, for better cleaning
  • Safe on all surfaces and chromatic coatings
  • Dries fast and residue-free
  • Outperforms alcohol, acetone or other traditional cleaning fluids
  • Wipes are exceptionally clean, strong, lint-free fabric (not paper)
  • Wipes exceed A-A-50177B Type 1 standard, Class 4