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Craig Hood

Director of Intl Sales and Global Marketing
Petroferm Inc.

Mr. Hood is Director of International Sales and Global Marketing for Petroferm's Cleaning Products Division, a manufacturer and supplier of cleaning agents for defluxing and stencil cleaning.
NOTE: Mr. Hood is no longer working at Petroferm Inc.

Craig Hood has submitted responses to the following questions.

Cleaning methodology and options
I would recommend you evaluate a vapor degreasing process, either mono-solvent or co-solvent. There is a good chance you have ...

Lead frame contamination
I'm not sure what methods you or others use now to determine incoming cleanliness other than visual and yield loss. ...

PCB Cleaning
Improve cleaning? Not necessarily. Is it a good idea? In general, yes. Reducing the amount of gross contamination (raw solder ...

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