ZESTRON has announced that it will be exhibiting its power and signal solutions at PCIM Europe 2024.

If you want to find out about reliability in power and signal electronics, especially in the high-voltage and e-mobility sectors, ZESTRON's stand at Productronica is the place to be.

ZESTRON Europe has welcomed two new process engineers to its Application Engineering department. The specialist electronic cleaning company from Ingolstadt, Germany, is expanding its technical customer support service with Milena Stephan M.Sc. and Benedikt Endreß M.Sc.

In order to achieve good cleaning results consistently, the cleaner concentration in the cleaning bath should remain constant. The concentration can change through various process factors like carry-over or thinning. It is therefore advisable to check the concentration over time. A simple method for regular concentration checks is the ZESTRON Bath Analyzer. 

The ZESTRON EYE Mobile is a mobile digital concentration measurement device that can monitor the concentration of different cleaning chemistry used in up to ten stencil or PCB assembly cleaning machines. The device’s easy-to-use touchscreen menu guides the user through the concentration measurement process, resulting in precise measurements.

Since its launch in 2009 as a pH-neutral PCB cleaner, ZESTRON’s VIGON N 600 has been used internationally in the fields of aerospace, military, automotive, and telecommunications. Based on MPC (Micro Phase Cleaning) technology, VIGON N 600 removes a wide range of flux residues.

The cleaning agents of the VIGON PE Series for Power Electronics have been successfully established in the market and are reportedly qualified by leading power module manufacturers. Each cleaning agent provides good cleaning performance and reliably removes flux residues from power modules/DCBs after die attach or heat sink soldering. 

  The increasing performance of sensor systems and the growing integration of power electronics in vehicles open new worlds of the future. At the same time, they increase the risk of particles and any kind of contamination.

PCB cleanliness can be evaluated in accordance with the latest industry standards using a variety of test techniques. In Zestron's Analytical Centre one of the comprehensive methods applied is ion chromotography. This highly sensitive analytical method provides a detailed report of anions, cations and weak organic acids on PCBAs according to IPC-T-650 2.3 28A.o

At SMT Hybrid Packaging 2017, ZESTRON plans to feature cleaning agents as well as  cleaning machines from leading manufacturers.  Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about different innovative cleaning technologies surrounding PCB and stencil cleaning applications.  ZESTRON’s team of process engineers as well as representatives of cleaning equipment manufacturers will be available to answer questions regarding c...

A new video from ZESTRON Europe, global provider of cleaning products, services and training solutions in the electronics manufacturing and semiconductor industries, explains how electronic board manufacturers can find an optimum cleaning process.

ZESTRON has introduced its latest defluxing agent for power electronics and PCBs. VIGON PE 190A has been specifically developed for cleaning power electronics in spray-in-air processes. Due to its alkaline formulation, it is said to provide excellent performance when it comes to deoxidizing copper substrates.

ZESTRON has introduced a single-phased stencil cleaner “HYDRON SC 300”.  A water-based product it not only removes solder pastes, but also SMT adhesives at room temperature without any pigment residues on the surfaces as well.

ZESTRON, global provider of high precision cleaning products, services and training solutions in the electronics manufacturing and semiconductor industries presents its latest cleaning agent for Power Electronics and PCBs. VIGON PE 180 is a water-based, pH-neutral cleaning agent developed especially for defluxing lead frames, discrete devices, power modules, power LEDs and PCBs in spray-in-air equipment.

ZESTRON Europe has released an instructional video on manual soldering oven cleaning on its YouTube channel. The video details how to use the water-based cleaning agent, VIGON RC 303, which has been developed specifically for the manual removal of residues in reflow ovens and wave solder machines.

In this 45 minutes training online, the participants will learn what requirements the assembly’s surface quality needs to meet in order to maximize bond adhesion and minimize standard deviation are provided. They will also get an overview of various test methods for assessing surface quality, the cleanliness standards needed to be met to achieve optimum bonding is reviewed.

ZESTRON has added Ion Chromatography to its comprehensive analytical methods. This highly sensitive analytical method provides a detailed report of anions, cations and weak organic acids present on PCBAs according to IPC-TM-650. Thereby, critical substances such as bromide or chloride and their amount can be determined.

When PCBAs are cleaned a lot of factors influence the cleaning result. There are not only the residues which have been cleaned from the PCBAs but also process-dependent influences like evaporation or transportation of cleaner into the rinsing stage. To achieve permanent good cleaning results, continuous monitoring of the cleaning bath is recommended. For this purpose, manual and automatic methods exist.

ZESTRON will be exhibiting the ZESTRON EYE CM at IPC APEX EXPO. It is an automatic concentration management closed loop control system for aqueous based cleaning processes. Incorporating the ZESTRONEYE 3P-Technology, the ZESTRON EYE CM measures and controls wash bath concentration in real-time.

Management and Production personnel from the electronics and electrical engineering industry can update their skills, easily and directly, right from their desk with the online training from the ZESTRON Academy.