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- ALPHA® Telecore® HF-850 Cored Wire
ALPHA Telecore HF-850 is our fastest wetting and lowest spattering, Halogen Free and Halide Free cored wire offering.
- Very fast wetting
- Very low flux spatter, safer for operator use
- Good spread characteristics
- Very low levels of fumes
- Clear non-tacky residue provides good joint appearance and makes inspection easy
- Halogen and halide free for environmental compliance and high electrical reliability
- Kester® 268 Flux Cored Solder Wire
Kester 268 Flux-Cored Solder Wire is a zero-halogen wire optimized for robotic soldering applications.
- Low occurrence of solder ball spatter, smoke and odor
- Conforms to halogen-free requirement with no intentionally added halogens and halides
- Excellent wetting speed and spread
- Clear residue resulting in excellent joint aesthetics
- Optimized for robotic and manual soldering
- Classified as ROL0 per IPC J-STD-004
- Kester® 285 RMA Flux Cored Solder Wire
Kester 285 Mildly Activated Rosin Flux Cored Solder Wire is classified as Type ROL0 flux under IPC J-STD-004.
- Industry standard RMA (Rosin Mildly Activated) flux cored solder wire
- Compatible with leaded and lead-free solder alloys
- Classified as ROL0 per IPC J-STD-004
- ALPHA® Telecore® XL-825 Cored Wire
ALPHA Telecore XL-825 cored wire was specifically designed to meet JIS Class AA requirements with a halide content <1,000ppm for no-clean lead-free applications.
- Very fast wetting: Excellent for drag soldering
- Very low flux spatter: Safe to use
- Good spread characteristics: Excellent first pass solder joints
- Very low levels of fumes
- Clear non-tacky residue: Provides good joint appearance and makes inspection easy
- ALPHA Fluitin 1532 Cored Wire
ALPHA Fluitin 1532 is an activated rosin cored solder wire developed for general hand soldering applications.
- Very fast wetting: Low cycle times for component touch-up and manual assembly
- Good spread characteristic: Excellent solder joints
- Pleasant pine smell: Operator friendly
- Clear and safe residues: No-clean residues, useful for all applications
- Provides good joint appearance: Makes inspection easy
- Kester® Acid-Cored Solder Wire
Kester Acid-Cored Solder Wire is a highly active, inorganic acid type of flux developed for general-purpose soldering applications where a flux-cored solder wire is desirable.
- Highest activity available
- Compatible with high temperature alloys
- Easy-to-clean
- Classified as INH1 per IPC J-STD-004
- Kester® AW Flux Cored Solder Wire
Kester AW is an extremely active inorganic acid type of flux developed for industrial soldering applications where a flux-cored solder wire is desirable.
- Solders excessively oxidized materials
- Not for aluminum or manganese
- Excellent thermal stability
- Compatible with leaded and lead-free alloys
- Classified as INH1 per IPC J-STD-004
- Kester® OR-421 Flux Cored Wire
Kester OR-421 is a high activity, water-soluble, flux cored solder wire.
- Highest activity available in its classification
- Compatible with high temperature alloys
- Easy-to-clean
- Classified as ORH1 per IPC J-STD-004
- Kester® 331 Flux-Cored Wire
Kester 331 Organic Flux is a water soluble formula for use in flux-cored solder wire.
- Excellent solderability to a wide variety of metallizations
- Easy removal in hot DI water
- Compatible with leaded and lead-free solder alloys
- Classified as ORH1 per IPC J-STD-004
- ALPHA® Energized Plus Cored Solder Wire
ALPHA Energized Plus is the most effective RA MIL-SPEC rosin cored solder wire yet developed for hand soldering.
- Unique activator system enables flux to penetrate even heavily tarnished metals (copper, silver, tin, brass, bronze, cadmium, etc.)
- Residues can be readily removed using an aqueous saponifier cleaning system
- High boiling point solvent leads to low smoke and odor during soldering
- Extremely fast wetting