ATLANTA -- Umut Tosun of Zestron will moderate a chat this week on cleaning applications within the SMT process, UP Media Group announced today.

The chat session will focus on the importance of cleaning within the SMT process. Topics of interest include:

• Why clean PCBs?
• Failure mechanisms and their impact on product reliability.
• Determining "how clean is clean" / Surface analytics wash process control.
• Maintaining conformal coating integrity.
• Stencil, misprint and maintenance cleaning opportunities.

Tosun's chat takes place June 14 from 2 to 3pm Eastern. Questions may be submitted in advance.

Tosun is application technology manager at Zestron, and has published numerous technical articles in leading electronics manufacturing magazines, including CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY. As an active member of the SMTA and IPC, Tosun has authored and presented numerous technical papers and studies at the industry’s largest trade shows, such as IPC Apex Expo and SMTAI. He holds  bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Hamburg, Germany. He joined Zestron in 2000. He will present at PCB West this fall.

Chats are moderated question/answer sessions on PCB design, fabrication and assembly. All chats are free. Visit www.pcbchat.com for details.