Category: rework and repair
First-aid repair – epoxy kits for printed circuit boards
The CRC115-1322 Epoxy Kit is ideal for the repair of printed circuit board damage. This kit contains 10 packages of clear, low viscosity, superior strength epoxy, precisely measured out into twinpack plastic packages so it is easy to use and there is no measuring. Once cured, this epoxy makes an effective electrical insulator with good […]
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Cleaners, coatings and rework tools for electronics manufacturing – new website
Congratulations to old friends and sales partners Techspray, who have a new website. We have been successfully working with them for many years selling both Techspray and Plato products. These include the best quality desoldering braid, freezers and dusters, wipes, swabs, brushes, conformal coatings, temporary masks and cleaning chemistries. The Plato range includes solder pots […]
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Bonding jumper wires
The addition of wires to printed circuit boards appears to be a necessary evil in a fast changing design environment. The wires are used to increment or replace the printed wiring on the pcb. These wires are often called jumper wires, wire tacks, patch wires, etc. Flextac Tape Dots replace glues and adhesives with super-sticky […]
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New Techspray information for 2009
We have started to integrate into our website some new catalogue sheets from sales partner Techspray. There are seven of them, which you can download here: Conformal Coatings & Temporary Solder Masks Rework & Desoldering Braid
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Wire tacking – no mess – no fuss – all good!
Wire tacking for pcb track replacement or circuit modification is a long standing feature of both original equipment manufacture and refurbishment. However, the production people at Allgood Technology Ltd were not happy about the smell of acetone based accelerator fluid they need with their cyanoacrylate adhesive and urgently sought an alternative, finally settling on Flextac […]
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Any colour you like, as long as it’s green
We have helped many pcb repair customers over the years with a Trace Technology Overcoat Pen – this pen writes a clear or green, dielectric material which is used to repair small areas of pcb permanent mask or solder resist. It protects tracks which might otherwise be left bare. Sometimes the need to cover these […]
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Remarkable pcb repair
Our sales partners, Circuit Technology Center, send out a useful e-mail newsletter every couple of weeks or so. The current issue contains a description of some really miraculous repair which they have undertaken on a board which was missing signal return paths. The repair saved their customer tens of thousands of dollars and a great […]
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