"We have used the last few months to further expand our product range for our customers," explains Markus Geßner, Head of Marketing and Sales at Emil Otto GmbH. The new products EO-Y-005 and -006 expand the range of alcohol- and water-based fluxes. "These fluxes are hybrid fluxes with an alcohol content. Due to the water-based formulation, the soldering results are very good and the PCB is very clean after using the flux. Both EO-Y-005 and EO-Y-006 are suitable for use on Organic Solderability Preservative (OPS) printed circuit boards," explains Geßner. Both fluxes were developed for use in wave and selective soldering. However, they can also be used for manual and repair soldering as well as dip soldering. The soldering properties are very good, especially when it comes to penetration and wetting the circuit board.
The EO-Y-005 is also available in variants A, B and C. The individual variants allow customers to select a flux that is tailored to their specific application. The A variant has a low solids content of 2% and was specially developed for full-tunnel nitrogen applications. The flux guarantees very good soldering results under full nitrogen due to its wide process window and high temperature stability. The standard version, the all-round version of EO-Y-005, corresponds to the B variant, which has a solids content of 3%. This version of the EO-Y-005 is also available as a dosing pen or dosing bottle. The third version is the C variant. This flux variant has a solids content of 4% and was specially developed for power electronics, where large component bodies have to be soldered with a low placement density. The entire EO-Y-005 series has a very low alcohol content of only 7 %.
The EO-Y-006 has a solids content of 4% and an alcohol content of 60%. Both the EO-Y006 and the EO-Y-005 series are now available from Emil Otto.